--- title: Eonpass Blog & News | Thomas Rossi (2) 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. (2) --- [![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 --- ### [The Fake Cancer Drug Came in a Real Vial](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-keytruda-real-vials-tracing) India will require QR codes on every cancer drug by July 2027. The Keytruda ring it responds to used genuine vials, stolen after they were emptied. Thomas Rossi Aug 12, 2026 ### [Counterfeit Dollars Ride the Cocaine Routes](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-dollars-cartel-poly-crime) Colombian police seized $2.5m in fake dollars from a Cali print shop built on the cartels' old infrastructure. Counterfeiting runs on the same rails... Thomas Rossi Aug 4, 2026 ### [How 3,119 UPS Labels Drained a Nike Warehouse](https://eonpass.com/blog/nike-memphis-warehouse-theft-chain-of-custody) Twelve people were indicted over a $2m theft ring inside Nike's Memphis warehouse. The stock left on real-looking UPS shipments. The insiders held... Thomas Rossi Jul 28, 2026 ### [Counterfeit World Cup Shirts and the Trade Behind Them](https://eonpass.com/blog/counterfeit-world-cup-shirts-supply-routes) Edinburgh seized 158,000 fake football shirts worth £5.5m, a record UK counterfeit haul. The visible seizure is the easy part; tracing the supply... Thomas Rossi Jul 20, 2026 ### [Why Delisting Counterfeits Is Not the Same as Stopping Them](https://eonpass.com/blog/delisting-counterfeits-is-not-stopping-them) Temu's 2026 IP report shows 331 proactive removals for every complaint. Impressive online, but a blocked listing is not a deterred counterfeiter. Thomas Rossi Jul 14, 2026 ### [A $10 million cargo theft ring and the poly-crime economy behind it](https://eonpass.com/blog/10-million-cargo-theft-ring-poly-crime) Eight people were charged in a $10 million cargo theft conspiracy. Read against Europol and EUIPO's work on poly-criminality, it looks a lot like the... Thomas Rossi Jul 8, 2026 ### [Taiwan raids Super Micro offices amid AI chip smuggling probe](https://eonpass.com/blog/taiwan-raids-super-micro-offices-ai-chip-smuggling-probe) Taiwan prosecutors raided Super Micro's Taiwan office and three affiliated firms, seizing servers suspected of carrying Nvidia AI chips destined for... Thomas Rossi Jun 30, 2026 ### [Vietnam cosmetics market battles counterfeit surge threatening growth](https://eonpass.com/blog/vietnam-cosmetics-market-battles-counterfeit-surge) Vietnam's fast-growing beauty sector faces a wave of counterfeit products that erode trust and strain regulators, prompting calls for tech-driven... Thomas Rossi Jun 23, 2026 ### [Why the Future of Counterfeit Fight Needs Three Integrated Pillars](https://eonpass.com/blog/future-counterfeit-fight-three-pillars) At WIPO ACE 18, Eonpass showed how physical identifiers, online monitoring, and AI-driven investigations together can protect supply chains from... Thomas Rossi Jun 19, 2026 ### [Calculating the True Cost of Counterfeits: A Practical Guide for Industry Leaders](https://eonpass.com/blog/calculating-the-true-cost-of-counterfeits-a-practical-guide-for-industry-leaders) Discover the hidden costs of counterfeits beyond lost sales. Learn how to measure brand damage, operational drain, and protect your bottom line using... 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