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Toppan’s NFC Tags and Cloud-Based ID Authentication Adopted for Collectible Figures

NFC tags embedded into popular BE@RBRICK figures enable authentication using smartphones.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Toppan offers a platform for authentication, monitoring of grey market diversion, and supply chain management via use of smartphones to read product NFC tags and ID devices. The platform has been adopted for du-al.io™, a new anti-counterfeit solution from Medicom Toy Corporation and Hakuhodo Product’s Inc. (Hakuhodo Product’s). du-al.io is being employed for three recently released BE@RBRICK toys, which are bear-shaped block-style figures produced and sold by Medicom Toy. The lineup protected...

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