A system, method, and computer program product for implementing electronically generated promotion deployment is provided. The method includes receiving electronic data comprising shipment identification for a shipment of an item from a shipping client to a recipient. Specialized programable software code is generated and a resulting profile is generated for the recipient. A visible promotional structure associated with a package comprising the shipment is generated and presented during delivery of the package. Generating the visible promotional structure may include generating a physical structure or a digital structure.

An authentication method and system for authenticating and registering a product which employs an authentication label and a registration label. An authentication label may provide an authentication code for determining a product identification at a remote server. A registration label may provide a registration code for verifying the product registration and/or registering the product. The authentication label and the registration label may be provided as a layered security element, the authentication label being a top layer and the registration label being a bottom layer of the layered security element.

A wristband and label form. The form comprises a first portion having a plurality of releasable labels die cut therein and a second portion having a void and a wristband formed of a single ply. The wristband is releasably secured to the second portion and has a first panel and a second panel. The first panel has a printable area comprising printable coating. The printable area is accessible through the void and is configured to receive indicia from a printer through the void while the wristband is releasably secured to the second portion. Upon removal of the wristband from the second portion, the second panel is foldable over the first panel to laminate the printable area.

Track and trace packaging is disclosed which may also be damage indicating. Track and trace functionality may be incorporated on, in or near the packaging at various stages of a supply chain. A damage indicating material can be incorporated into a variety of packaging substrates, which may change color when exposed to oxygen, excessive heat and/or excessive pressure. An anti-counterfeiting taggant material may be used to provide track and trace capabilities. Exemplary products with which the present track and trace packaging may be used include packaged condoms, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, cannabis and the like.

An activatable print medium is disclosed. The print medium includes a first reactive component, a second reactive component, wherein the first and second reactive components are configured to react to initiate a state change of the activatable print medium when exposed to each other and a barrier that is initially in an unactivated form and configured to transition to an activated form when activated by an application of at least one of an activation heat and an activation pressure wherein after the barrier is activated, but not before, the activatable print medium is configured so that the first and second reactive components interact in response to a predetermined environmental stimulus or interact over time at a rate dependent on an environmental stimulus, thereby providing an indication of the cumulative historical exposure of the activatable print medium to the environmental stimulus.

A combined receipt and label roll comprises a core, and a web having a longitudinally-extending axis and wound on the core along the axis. The web includes (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate, and (iii) a water-based microsphere adhesive disposed on the back side of the substrate along the web axis. The water-based microsphere adhesive comprises at least four separate adhesive patches. The at least four adhesive patches are both sized relative to each other and positioned relative to each other on the back side of the substrate such that additional tack desired can be obtained by increasing volume of the adhesive patches without having to increase coat weight of the adhesive patches.

The invention relates to a label (30) for identifying an object, the label comprising a plurality of layers (L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3), wherein each layer comprises a matrix material (15), and each layer comprises a plurality of identifier elements (10, 11); the plurality of identifier elements (10, 11) are dispersed in the matrix material (15), and the plurality of layers (L) are arranged so that at least two layers at least partially overlap each other. Further, the invention relates to a precursor of a label (30) for identifying an object and a method of manufacturing a label (30) for identifying an object.

A film composite with protection against tampering includes a base film, which is arranged as the lowermost layer in the film composite, and a cover layer, which is arranged as the uppermost layer in the film composite. The film composite further includes an intermediate film, which is arranged between the base film and the cover layer, and a laser-inscribable layer, which is arranged in the film composite between the base film and the intermediate film. Lines of weakening are provided in the film composite, which run within the base film and within the intermediate film.

Tamper-evident features for containers. A tamper-evident film is target printed onto a sheet material that is thermoformable. The sheet is thermoformed into a container base or lid having a desired shape, such that the tamper-evident film is positioned in a desired area. A container lid is disposed on the container base, and heat sealed to a rim or edge of the container base. The heat sealing activates an adhesive of the tamper-evident film, and when the container lid is removed or separated from the container base, a first portion of the tamper-evident film remains on the container lid and a second portion remains on the container base. The separation of the tamper-evident film provides an indication of tampering.

An ink composition includes a polymeric binder having an addition copolymer and a ketone aldehyde resin. The addition copolymer is chosen from acrylic resins, vinyl resins including copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate, and mixtures and combinations thereof. The ink composition further includes a liquid carrier with at least one organic solvent.