There are a lot of companies that see hundreds of their products being counterfeited by other companies. However, Amazon and GoPro have decided to have a strong hand against those who counterfeit products and have filed a lawsuit against a total of two companies and seven people.
Specifically, the counterfeit products are various accessories for GoPro cameras such as various models of grips, an extension arm and a tripod mount.
Sale of fake GoPro accessories by Amazon
GoPro is one of the most famous camera brands in the world since they offer very good image quality and even allow the camera to be submerged (by putting it in a case), being able to obtain spectacular images from the water without danger of losing our camera.
All the people reported tried to sell these counterfeit products through Amazon. Therefore, they have committed clear violations: violating Amazon’s policies on the one hand and GoPro’s rights on the other.
This complaint is already present in a US court in which it is clarified that the defendants used GoPro trademarks without any permission to deceive the people to whom they were going to sell these products. Amazon has already fixed the problem of all those who have been affected by this scam and have returned the money to those who bought these fake products. There are ways to know if a review on Amazon is false, to help the customer choose a product or not
From Amazon he assures that this hurts the prestige of the company when it comes to selling products that are authentic, since they are strictly prohibited from selling things that are false. Remember that you can contact Amazon to solve any problem that may arise.
Amazon works to avoid this
A year ago a lot of money was invested to try to avoid situations like the one that has now occurred. The strategy worked well since in 2020 Amazon received minimal complaints from customers for buying counterfeit things through the sales portal. This is a success considering the millions of products that Amazon sells each day to hundreds of thousands of people.
But Amazon doesn’t just stay there, since they took out their Counterfeiting Crimes Unit a little over a year ago. This team has the function of prosecuting all those who commit illegal actions and making sure they pay it under the law.
The case with GoPro is not the first in which Amazon has filed a complaint for a counterfeit issue, since it made complaints to makeup brands, travel accessories or companies linked to both card games and board games.
Therefore, we will have to see the final resolution of this joint lawsuit by Amazon and GoPro and see the punishment that falls on the defendants.
