The presentation being given is a case example of a US company which extracted die from one product and encapsulated it in an entirely different product to reap large financial gains. The company was shut down by the government and the executives were convicted. See the agenda for more details on this conference.
Robb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.
