How counterfeit lawsuits are scooping up hundreds of small Amazon sellers in China at once

By Zeyi Yang Sun Qunming had no idea that the word “airbag” could be trademarked. Sun, who owns an e-commerce company of 13 people in Shenzhen, China, has been selling phone cases to Amazon buyers in Europe and the US since 2016. But last year, her business ground to a halt. One of her products has air-filled bumper cushions at the edges to protect the phone. When she listed it on Amazon in November 2021, she named it — in the typical