Avery Dennison filed a suit in federal court against RFID hardware manufacturer Alien Technology, claiming that Alien has infringed on Avery’s intellectual property. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio on March 27, points to three separate Avery patents covering various techniques related to the manufacture of RFID-enabled labels. Avery’s suit calls […]

The library system of St. Louis County has selected Switzerland-based Bibliotecha to provide RFID-based security and check-out services for its branches. Bibliotecha will install kiosks and desktop stations for patron self-checkout, and security gates to eliminate theft. The company provides RFID technology to more than 300 library systems worldwide. The St. Louis County Library consists […]

Exax Inc., one of South Korea’s leading chemical manufacturers, plans to begin production of RFID labels at one of its plants. The new printing line, supplied by Stork Prints, will be able to produce both HF and UHF antennae in a single pass, allowing the economical creation of a wide range of label applications. Exax […]

The wooden pallet – sturdy and reusable; ubiquitous to international shipping – has traditionally posed a challenge to RFID tracking technology. Now Finnish firm Confidex Ltd. says it has found a solution with its Confidex Pino RFID tags. Kevin Donahue, Confidex’s director of business development for North America, said, “The challenge with wood has always […]

Advanced ID Corporation will produce a minimum of 2 million RFID tags, along with an unspecified number of readers, for major Chinese tire manufacturer Qingdao Mesnac. The deal will make Mesnac the world’s first tire maker to the world’s first tire manufacturer to commit to embedding RFID tire tags in a commercial truck line. Mesnac […]

Sunnyvale, Calif., company Mu-Gahat officially launched today by announcing its “revolutionary custom RFID inlay design service, low-volume production minimums, and stock inlay line.” “Label converters, integrators, design engineers, and frustrated end-users have needed a solution for rapid prototyping and low-medium volume RFID production for quite some time,” said Baxter Watkins, CEO. “Our research showed that […]

Evaluating the reality of the hack from his perspective and industry insiders In this episode, the publicized Mifare Crypto-1 hack is examined. Interviews with the researcher that uncoverd the alleged vulnerability, Karsten Nohl, as well as NXP representative Manuel Albers and Smart Card Alliance’s Randy Vanderhoof delve into the topic from all sides. Albers reports […]