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A commercial product has a label to help detect counterfeit ones of the product. The product includes an item having commercial value and a label adhered to the item. The label includes a printable substrate having first and second sides, indicia on the first side that is visible with illumination b

A commercial product has a label to help detect counterfeit ones of the product. The product includes an item having commercial value and a label adhered to the item. The label includes a printable substrate having first and second sides, indicia on the first side that is visible with illumination by visible light and that is of a nature to inform customers or potential customers about the item. Adhesive on the second side causes the label to adhere to the item, and printing on the second side is visible only upon upon illumination by electromagnetic waves outside of the visible light spectrum and is of a nature to indicate genuineness of the label and thereby to indicate genuineness of the item. The genuineness of the item can be determined by removal of the label from the item, illumination of the second side with the electromagnetic waves outside of the visible light spectrum so that the printing on the second side is visible and recognition of the printing on the second side as an indicator of genuineness of the label and the item.

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1. A label to help detect counterfeit articles comprising:(a) a printable substrate having first and second sides; (b) indicia on the first side that is visible with illumination by visible light and that is of a nature to inform potential customers about goods marked with the label; (c) adhesive on

1. A label to help detect counterfeit articles comprising:(a) a printable substrate having first and second sides; (b) indicia on the first side that is visible with illumination by visible light and that is of a nature to inform potential customers about goods marked with the label; (c) adhesive on the second side to cause the label to adhere to goods to be marked with the label wherein the adhesive is a type that adheres the label to the goods but enables removal of the label from the goods without damaging the goods or the label; and (d) printing on the second side that is not visible with illumination by visible light but that is visible upon illumination by electromagnetic waves outside of the visible light spectrum and that is of a nature to indicate genuineness of the label and thereby to indicate genuineness of goods marked by the label; whereby genuine goods marked with the label can be determined to be genuine by removal of the label from the goods, illumination of the second side with the electromagnetic waves outside of the visible light spectrum so that the printing on the second side is visible and recognition of the printing on the second side as an indicator of genuineness of the label, and whereby non-genuine goods can be determined not to be genuine by removal of a non-genuine label from goods under scrutiny, illumination of an adhesive-coated side of the non-genuine label with the electromagnetic waves outside of the visible light spectrum so that any printing on the second side would be visible and recognition of the absence of printing on the second side of the non-genuine label as indicating the non-genuineness of the non-genuine label and the goods to which it is applied, permitting the genuineness of the label to be inspected and the label to be reapplied to the goods.