Digimarc launches Brand Integrity technology

The Digimarc Brand Integrity has been developed to help brands protect their reputations by giving every product a digital presence connected to a cloud-based record of its journey and interactions. This can prove a products’ authenticity, uncover counterfeits and their origin, and provide insight into a products’ supply chain so that brands can anticipate issues and act fast.

Digimarc’s data-driven approach involves assigning each product unit a serialized digital identity that can be tracked in the cloud and accessed through a variety of on-package digital triggers, including the industry’s most secure and covert: the Digimarc digital watermark. 

The combination of digitized products and cloud-based data is set to make the process of authenticating items more accurate and scalable than traditional physical authentication measures.

‘As counterfeiters have become more sophisticated and supply chains more diffuse, companies are recognizing that traditional brand protection approaches that are largely reactive and reliant on trained inspectors and specialized equipment are both ineffective and inefficient,’ said Ken Sickles, chief product officer at Digimarc. ‘Digimarc has created a uniquely digital solution that leverages the ubiquity of smartphones and other digital devices to make product authentication much more streamlined and less prone to human error.’

Moreover, Digimarc’s support of dual-factor authentication, such as scanning both QR codes and digital watermarks on a single package, provides a strong defense against bad actors accustomed to easily circumventing lesser brand protection measures. 

‘Digitizing products with QR codes is a great starting point,’ added Sickles. ‘But, when coupled with a robust product cloud and covert digital watermarks, brands can gain even greater visibility into their products and offer their consumers the chance to do the same.’