SDC Health Services sues AccordCare over HEALTH FORCE OF GEORGIA mark and website copyrights

The complaint

SDC Health Services Inc. d/b/a Health Force of Georgia v. AccordCare, LLC d/b/a Health Force, an AccordCare Company, No. 1:26-cv-05182 (N.D. Ga., Atlanta Division), is a nineteen-page complaint filed September 9, 2026, ECF No. 1. The case is assigned to Judge Steven D. Grimberg. SDC says it is a Georgia home health care company headquartered in Atlanta that does business as Health Force of Georgia. It describes AccordCare as a Delaware limited liability company that provides home health care in Georgia under the name Health Force, an AccordCare Company, through locations in Hapeville, Marietta, Atlanta, and Columbus, and it alleges, on information and belief, that AccordCare began offering those services from Marietta by September 2020. (Compl. paras. 1 to 15.)

The mark

SDC alleges ownership of the federally registered HEALTH FORCE OF GEORGIA logo mark, Registration No. 7,623,164, registered December 24, 2024. USPTO Trademark Status and Document Retrieval records list Registration No. 7,623,164 as live, owner SDC Health Services Inc. d/b/a Health Force of Georgia, for home health care services in Class 44. SDC also alleges that it registered Health Force of Georgia as a trade name with the Clerk of the Superior Court of DeKalb County on May 8, 2023. (Compl. paras. 22 to 27.)

Copyright and the counts

SDC alleges it owns a copyright registration, effective October 17, 2023, covering text, photographs, and design elements of its website and promotional materials, and it alleges, on information and belief, that AccordCare copied substantially similar text and presentation on its own website and marketing materials. Count I alleges infringement of a registered mark under 15 U.S.C. 1114. Count II alleges trademark infringement, false designation of origin, and unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. 1125(a). Count III alleges copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. 501. Count IV alleges Georgia trade name infringement, unfair competition, and deceptive trade practices under O.C.G.A. 10-1-370 et seq. and 23-2-55. SDC seeks an injunction against Health Force branding for home health care in Georgia, destruction of materials, profits, damages, and fees, and demands a jury. (Compl. paras. 26, 42 to 73; Prayer.)