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I noticed that Wish gives refunds on counterfeits without question, provided you upload a photo of the item. It got me wondering if that's to avoid any legal liability. The law states that "trafficking" in illegal goods is a crime, and clearly these platforms don't want to be charged.

So, assuming they're actually legally required to refund purchases of counterfeits, I think a reasonable recourse would be to have as many people as possible order as many counterfeits as possible and then demand refunds. The platforms' cost per transaction goes up, and the manufacturers/resellers are out their items plus shipping.

I feel this would work best if the actual manufacturers that are being copied did the buying, that way they have legal recourse at their disposal and a literal pile of evidence if the refund is denied. And they can destroy the counterfeits.