A goods genuineness/counterfeit discrimination method using a plurality of
IC tags each having functions of storing genuineness/counterfeit
discrimination information and transmitting the genuineness/counterfeit
discrimination information and a genuineness/counterfeit discrimination
equipment for receiving the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination
information from the IC tags to use it for genuineness/counterfeit
discrimination, the method including: reading, by means of the
genuineness/counterfeit discrimination equipment, information stored in
one or more IC tags mounted on goods on which a first predetermined
number of IC tags are mounted; and discriminating genuineness/counterfeit
of the goods by determining, by means of the genuineness/counterfeit
discrimination equipment, whether or not partial information is identical
to each other among genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information
read from IC tags equal to or more than a second predetermined number of
IC tags mounted on the goods, the second predetermined number being
smaller than the first predetermined number.