What was filed

The complaint is Document 1, filed October 20, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The case is Dr. Hauschka Skin Care, Inc. v. Bella Professionals, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-12868. It runs 14 pages. Counsel is Adam E. Urbanczyk and Brian Swift of AU LLC. Exhibits 1 to 3, which the complaint describes as the registration certificates, screenshots of the listings with photos of test purchases shipped to Illinois, and current screenshots of the store, are not freely available on the public docket.

The parties and the marks

The complaint says Dr. Hauschka Skin Care, Inc. is a Massachusetts corporation that has sold Dr. Hauschka products in the United States since 1993, and that it is the exclusive licensed U.S. distributor and the sole U.S. agent of the company that manufactures them. It lists three U.S. registrations, Nos. 2,497,734 (DR. HAUSCHKA), 2,475,278, and 6,951,900, covering cosmetics and related goods in Class 3 and, for No. 6,951,900, goods in Class 5 as well. It says the manufacturer owns the marks and the plaintiff is their exclusive U.S. licensee. USPTO records show all three registrations live and list the German manufacturer as owner of each. No. 2,475,278 is a rune design, and No. 6,951,900 is a design of a circle surrounded by three curved lines.

What the complaint alleges

The complaint alleges that the SleekShop store offers Dr. Hauschka products that are not authorized for sale in the United States, and that test purchases shipped to Illinois bore German-language labels and packaging intended for foreign markets. It alleges that the products differ materially from U.S. products: they arrived without the product information literature that comes with U.S. products, and their packaging omits U.S. avoirdupois declarations, U.S. common names for ingredients, and the U.S. contact information for adverse event reporting. It also alleges, on information and belief, that the products have not been properly listed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It says the plaintiff sent the defendant a letter about the dispute that USPS shows was received on September 15, 2026, and that the store still offers the products.

The counts are trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114; false designation of origin, passing off, and unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a); false advertising under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(B); and violation of the Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, 815 ILCS 510. The prayer asks for temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctions; an order that marketplaces, payment providers, and search engines with notice stop providing services and ads used to sell the products; an accounting of profits; damages increased up to three times under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a); and attorneys' fees and costs.