A large number of counterfeit and pirated Hape toys have appeared in various online transactions and on social media platforms in China recently. This has seriously infringed consumers’ rights and interests, disrupted market order and damaged Hape’s brand image. To crack down on the infringements and to prevent any further bad situations, Hape has consulted with the police in order to pursue the legal responsibility of the infringers, and to maintain and uphold Hape’s brand image. 

Due to such anti-counterfeiting actions, some real progress has been made, with 4 investigated cases resulting in punishment and imprisonment, fines and administrative penalties.

Counterfeit and pirated toys pose a great threat to children’s health and safety, since most of them are made from recycled materials with rough burrs and without any formal testing for toxic substances. Furthermore, the selling and circulation of the counterfeit and pirated Hape toys also disrupts the market order, causing harm to the Hape brand as well as to our global partners.

Here, we would like to call on our dear partners and friends: if you have any information about counterfeit and pirated Hape toys, please do not hesitate to contact us or reach out to your corresponding Hape contact team or person. We will do our utmost to crack down on the infringers and to protect our partners’ interests.

For those who infringe on the Hape brand, manufacture or sell counterfeit and shoddy products, Hape will spare no effort to pursue its legal responsibilities and make the infringers pay their due price. 

We would also like to thank our global partners for their continued support, trust and support of the Hape brand! Hape puts a high-premium on children’s healthy growth as always, and will continue to do our utmost to help protect the next generation.

Hape Holding AG.

September 1^st, 2021