Identity.
Every product needs a durable identity tied to its manufacturer serial number or, when necessary, a transparently issued SerialCop identifier.
Search registryThe ownership infrastructure for the physical world.
SerialCop exists to make product identity persistent, ownership provable, current status visible to authorized parties, and lifetime history durable across legitimate transfers.
Ownership.
Ownership claims must be authenticated and transferable without exposing unnecessary personal information in public searches.
Status.
Unsold, owned, listed, transferred, lost, stolen, disputed, recovered, retired, and destroyed are different truths and must remain distinct.
History.
Registration, evidence, service, claims, transfers, theft reports, disputes, and recovery should remain connected to the product over time.
THE NETWORK
One shared trust layer across the product economy.
Consumers, manufacturers, retailers, insurers, marketplaces, pawn and secondhand dealers, and authorized recovery partners should be able to rely on the same product record while seeing only the information appropriate to their role.
THE STANDARD