METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING GENUINE PRODUCTS

The invention pertains to a system for estimating a likelihood that a physical feature (150) of a given physical product (130) is infringing an intellectual property right (IPR), the system comprising: a product feature capturing component (710) to capture the physical feature of the physical product; a tag communication component (720) to detect the presence of an electronic intellectual property (IP) tag (210) embedded in the physical product and to communicate with the detected electronic IP tag; a tag authentication component (730) to authenticate the electronic IP tag; a digital IP sign reading component (740) to retrieve from the electronic IP tag digital IP sign data wherein the digital IP sign data comprises an intellectual property right identifying data element; an IPR identification component (750) to use the IPR identifying data element to identify a tag IPR associated with the electronic IP tag; and a feature correspondence estimation component (760) adapted to estimate a degree of correspondence between the physical feature and the identified tag IPR.