Fleshlight recently took action against manufacturers of counterfeit products in South Africa. The constant monitoring of the market in all its dimensions revealed and located a significant production hub and commercialisation of fakes of their range, "Fleshlight Girls" masturbators in South Africa.
The goods—poor-quality knock-offs—were sold both on the internet and to retailers. The actions led to the removal and destruction of the fake products and a forced, drastic change in the accused company's sales dynamics, as it is now purchasing original products.
Given the offending company's size, its impact on the erotic sector in South Africa has been especially relevant, as it supplied a significant number of retailers within the country.
“Fleshlight protects their Intellectual Property rights worldwide and on the internet,” the company said in a press release. “Up to now, the strong measures adopted against counterfeiting have allowed us to eliminate thousands of offerings of fake goods on online platforms and websites and remove counterfeits from stores and warehouses in industrial parks in several countries.”
Actions are being taken to recover domain names that aim to give their websites an ‘official’ appearance. They offer fake goods through said sites and use the name ‘Fleshlight’ on their domain name.
In addition, Fleshlight would like to report the elimination of more than 85% of infringing fake goods, thus avoiding the propagation of internet promotions of this nature and enforcing a robust dissuasive effect among infringers globally.
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