Multi label verification system
First Claim
1. A method of providing means for detecting counterfeit articles and/or for detecting unauthorised tampering of articles/article packaging, the method comprising the steps of:
- i) determining one or more properties of an at least one primary label or of an article to which at least one primary label is, or is to be, attached; and
ii) encoding at least one secondary label with information about the one or more properties determined in step (i), such that there exists an association between the information contained in the or each secondary label and one or more of the properties of the or each primary label, or of an article to which the or each primary label is attached, wherein the or each primary label is provided on an article contained within a container holding a plurality of articles, and wherein the secondary label is provided on the outside of the container.
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Abstract
The present application relates to techniques and systems which employ labels, for example on articles such as consumer products and their packaging, in order to verify the authenticity of those articles, and/or to allow unauthorised tampering of those articles to be detected and/or to allow tracking and tracing of those articles. An system is provided having at least one primary label and at least one secondary label. There exists an association between the information contained in the or each secondary label and one or more of the properties of the or each primary label so that unauthorised tampering of the articles to which the labels are attached can be detected.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of providing means for detecting counterfeit articles and/or for detecting unauthorised tampering of articles/article packaging, the method comprising the steps of:
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i) determining one or more properties of an at least one primary label or of an article to which at least one primary label is, or is to be, attached; and
ii) encoding at least one secondary label with information about the one or more properties determined in step (i), such that there exists an association between the information contained in the or each secondary label and one or more of the properties of the or each primary label, or of an article to which the or each primary label is attached, wherein the or each primary label is provided on an article contained within a container holding a plurality of articles, and wherein the secondary label is provided on the outside of the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of detecting counterfeit articles and/or detecting unauthorised tampering of articles/article packaging, the method comprising the steps of:
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i) determining one or more given properties of at least one primary label, or the an article to which at least one primary label is attached, the or each primary label being provided on an article contained within a container holding a plurality of articles;
ii) determining information encoded by at least one secondary label, the secondary label being provided on the outside of the container; and
iii) checking for the existence of a predetermined association between the information determined in steps i) and ii). - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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- 16. A system for detecting counterfeit articles and/or detecting unauthorised tampering of articles/article packaging, the system comprising at least one primary label provided on an article contained within a container holding a plurality of articles, and at least one secondary label provided on the outside of the container, wherein there exists an association between the information contained in the or each secondary label and one or more of the properties of the or each primary label.
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