A group of Amazon and eBay Chinese sellers were sued for $2 million in compensation!

A group of Amazon and eBay Chinese sellers were sued for $2 million in compensation!

The festive atmosphere of the New Year has not yet ended, but suddenly bad news came, saying that "a group of Amazon and eBay Chinese sellers were sued for counterfeiting and selling fake products, and they may face a fine of 2 million US dollars. "


2 million US dollars is not a small sum, especially for many small sellers, it may mean losing all the hard-earned money for a year, which is really miserable!


Volvo sues Amazon and eBay Chinese sellers


Volvo Cars has won a trademark infringement case against a group of mostly Chinese sellers, saying dozens of Chinese counterfeiters sold billions of dollars worth of auto parts over the internet, costing the company billions of dollars in lost sales.

In the Volvo Cars lawsuit, the defendants' Chinese sellers were absent, and the result was predictable that Volvo won. The counterfeiters accused used Volvo's unique logo to sell fake and inferior parts.

Volvo opened its only manufacturing plant in the United States in 2018 off Interstate 26 near Ridgeville.

Counterfeiters created accounts on sites such as eBay and Amazon to sell parts bearing Volvo logos that mimicked Volvo production prototypes to make them appear to be original equipment, according to court documents.


Volvo said sellers' websites attract tens of millions of visitors each year who spend up to $500 billion a year on counterfeit Volvo and other auto parts, with most of the fake products sold by Chinese sellers.

Volvo also stated in the lawsuit: "It is estimated that websites like Amazon and eBay cause tens of thousands of businesses to suffer wider economic losses, such as loss of tax revenue, each year." Look how arrogant it is, not only suing the sellers, but also the platforms!

These counterfeit Amazon and eBay sellers typically accept payments through PayPal's money transfer website and then ship the goods.

Volvo said: "We were unable to determine the seller's address because they used the internet to hide their identity. As a car manufacturer, we were able to serve court documents to the counterfeiters using the seller's email address registered with PayPal.


Sellers of counterfeit goods may be ordered to pay $2 million


It is understood that this case is somewhat similar to a previous lawsuit filed by Volvo. In 2018, Volvo filed another trademark infringement lawsuit against nearly 100 sellers who sold counterfeit parts online. The final result of the case was that each defendant seller had to pay a penalty of $2 million.

Volvo reached financial settlements with 28 sellers, which were bilateral and not disclosed, and obtained default judgments against 148 sellers for $2 million.


Judge Liam O'Grady ordered PayPal to transfer all funds on the seller's account to Volvo and authorised the car maker to debit funds from new accounts opened by the seller.

Look, what a painful lesson! This counterfeit sales case also involves trademark infringement, so Volvo may propose the same compensation plan after winning the lawsuit. That is, the defendants Amazon and eBay Chinese sellers may be ordered to pay $2 million.

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