--- title: Eonpass Blog & News | Thomas Rossi description: Founder & CEO of Eonpass. Designed the EU's blockchain-based anti-counterfeiting architecture (EUIPO, 2022). Ph.D., Politecnico di Milano. Writes about brand protection, counterfeit intelligence, and the economics of IP enforcement. --- [![logo-std@4x-100](https://eonpass.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-std@4x-100.jpg?width=170&height=49&name=logo-std@4x-100.jpg)](https://eonpass.com) - [Home](https://eonpass.com) - [About](https://eonpass.com/about) - [Blog](https://eonpass.com/blog) - [Industries](https://eonpass.com/industries) - [Automotive](https://eonpass.com/industries/automotive) - [Heritage Sportswear](https://eonpass.com/industries/sportswear) - [Leisure Footwear](https://eonpass.com/industries/footwear) - [Pharmaceuticals](https://eonpass.com/industries/pharma) [Get Started](https://eonpass.com/get-started) AUTHOR # Thomas Rossi Founder & CEO of Eonpass. Designed the EU's blockchain-based anti-counterfeiting architecture (EUIPO, 2022). Ph.D., Politecnico di Milano. Writes about brand protection, counterfeit intelligence, and the economics of IP enforcement. [Follow me on my website](https://eonpass.com) [Follow me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasr0ssi/) ## Stories by Thomas --- ### [Chanel v. WGACA: The Bags Passed Inspection, the Serial Numbers Did Not](https://eonpass.com/blog/chanel-wgaca-counterfeit-serial-numbers-records) The Second Circuit upheld Chanel's $4M win against WGACA. The bags looked right; Chanel's serial-number records proved they were never made. Thomas Rossi Nov 10, 2026 ### [Record Detentions, Fewer Brand Alerts: The 2025 Enforcement Reports From the Brand's Desk](https://eonpass.com/blog/2025-counterfeit-enforcement-reports-brand-protection-desk) 196 million fakes were detained in the EU in 2025. What the EUIPO report and the UK Trading Standards survey say about the brand protection desk. Thomas Rossi Nov 3, 2026 ### [A Six-Month Head Start: Amazon's Counterfeit Unit and Online-to-Offline Enforcement](https://eonpass.com/blog/amazon-counterfeit-crimes-unit-online-to-offline) Amazon's Counterfeit Crimes Unit is expanding in India. Its numbers show why online signals need offline reach: faster referrals, more specific... Thomas Rossi Oct 27, 2026 ### [Customs Notifications and Online Listings Belong on One Graph](https://eonpass.com/blog/customs-notifications-online-listings-one-graph) EU customs tell brands who sent and received a detained shipment. Matched against online cases on one graph, that turns thousands of signals into a... Thomas Rossi Oct 21, 2026 ### [Tampered Inside a Trusted Channel: Ledger, Gilead and What Recovery Takes](https://eonpass.com/blog/ledger-reseller-implant-gilead-trusted-channel) Ledger confirmed an implant in a wallet sold by an authorized reseller. Gilead's fake HIV drugs used genuine bottles. How Gilead's recoveries were... Thomas Rossi Oct 16, 2026 ### [Thousands of Counterfeit Ozempic Pens, One Serial Number](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-ozempic-one-serial-number) A US indictment says thousands of counterfeit Ozempic units shared false serial numbers, kept shipping after an insider warning and an FDA alert.... Thomas Rossi Oct 6, 2026 ### [Thieves Stole Two Nvidia Trailers and Got 40,000 Pounds of Sand](https://eonpass.com/blog/nvidia-trailers-stolen-sand-cargo-theft) Thieves took two Nvidia-branded PlusAI trailers in Fremont and found 40,000 pounds of test sand. What the livery told them, and how the theft came to... Thomas Rossi Sep 28, 2026 ### [One F-35 Canopy, Three Legal Systems](https://eonpass.com/blog/f35-canopy-hong-kong-three-legal-systems) F-35 parts bound from Australia to the US for repair ended up in Hong Kong. How one crate crossed three export-control regimes, and which records can... Thomas Rossi Sep 23, 2026 ### [The Counterfeit Was Called Blue 365 Cream](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-k-beauty-images-test-purchases) A counterfeit Aestura cream sold on Coupang under a different name. When the listing text belongs to the counterfeiter, images and test purchases are... Thomas Rossi Sep 15, 2026 ### [4,752 Counterfeit Sales, None of Them Counted](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-sales-nobody-counted) An IPEC judgment awarded LVMH brands £213,000 over six years of counterfeit sales. The volume was estimated by dividing one bank statement by an... Thomas Rossi Sep 8, 2026 [1](https://eonpass.com/blog/author/thomas-rossi/page/1) [2](https://eonpass.com/blog/author/thomas-rossi/page/2) ... 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