Royal Joh Enschedé, an Authentix company, has unveiled its first crypto stamp produced for Deutsche Post, the postal organisation of Germany.

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have developed a rubber-like colour-changing system called Morphable Concavity Array (MoCA), with the potential to bestow robots with compound vision, similar to an insect.

Authentication and anti-counterfeit technologies rely heavily on inks and surfaces that produce colour, sending visual signals to the viewer to help differentiate between real and fake products. But in a world where toxin additives in manufacturing processes are becoming increasingly unacceptable, we take a look at two companies that are developing a new generation of sustainable colour.

German multinational engineering and technology company Bosch has entered the brand protection arena with Origify, a solution that optically captures a product’s unique ‘fingerprint’ in order to authenticate and trace it through the supply chain.

During the recent Luxe Pack Monaco trade show for creative packaging, TOPPAN showcased a range of NFC solutions, including its new NFC tag for contactless detection of the volume of liquid inside a container, targeting the cosmetics, medical, pharmaceutical, and liquor industries.

The war in Ukraine has brought to the fore how difficult it is to differentiate between genuine photos and fakes these days, now that we can use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to create make-believe images.

Koenig & Bauer Banknotes Solutions (KBBS) is forging ahead with its agenda to create physical-digital technology bridges with the announcement of two new partnerships linked to digital authentication.

Smart packaging is a term that means different things to different communities, and this article aims to take a wider look at trends in smart packaging and consider some of the potential implications for authentication and brand protection.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has unveiled EBSI-ELSA, its new brand name for the European Logistics Services Authentication (ELSA) initiative for products within the global supply chain (using the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure), EBSI.

Nike is conducting a pilot programme with AntChain for a new sneaker featuring an NFC chip. The programme enables consumers to access product origin information by tapping their smartphone against an NFC chip on the sneaker.