Honey Play Box: Statement Regarding Recent Patent Infringement Allegations and Industry Conduct
On October 31st the editorial office of EAN received a statement from Honey Play Box. Below is the original text:
“Honey Play Box remains committed to ethical innovation, fair competition, and consumer protection in the global pleasure-tech industry.
Our recent ‘Innovation Without Intimidation’ statement was issued in response to a growing need for fairness, transparency, and integrity within this rapidly expanding category. As the industry matures, we believe it is essential to establish shared values that protect both creativity and consumers.
We are aware of recent communications and public remarks alleging patent infringement. These events within the sector have highlighted how easily innovation can be overshadowed by fear, exclusivity, or misuse of intellectual property. Certain entities have approached third-party partners with patent infringement claims before engaging in direct professional dialogue, actions that risk confusion, hinder collaboration, and erode market confidence.
On Fair Competition and Prior Art
Attempts to restrict innovation through overly broad or opportunistic patent claims threaten to undermine both creative freedom and consumer access. Many of the product concepts now being challenged have long existed in the public domain, shaped by years of collective progress across global manufacturers and independent creators.
For Honey Play Box, fairness means competition that rewards originality rather than control. Transparency means communicating clearly and directly, not through intimidation or rumor. Integrity means standing by the same ethical standards internally that we call for across the industry.
Honey Play Box designs and develops all product through independent research, original engineering, and verified legal review. Our intellectual property portfolio includes patents reflecting our own innovations. We believe patents should protect creativity, not suppress competition, and we have consistently upheld that belief through responsible conduct, without engaging in litigation or intimidation.
The Change We Want to See
We call on all manufacturers, brands, and partners to embrace open-market principles: collaboration over confrontation, fairness over fear, and innovation that elevates the industry as as whole.
Our Commitments
- Transparency and Integrity: We engage directly and in good faith with partners, peers and regulators.
- Consumer Advocacy: We oppose any practice that limits choice or restricts fair competition.
- Responsible Innovation: We will continue developing safe, inclusive, and original products that enrich user’s lives and strengthen the industry.
If the pleasure-tech community embraces these shared values, success will mean a marketplace defined by trust, creativity, and progress – where innovation serves everyone, not just a few”
Honey Play Box Media Relations
Chino, California, USA
