What was filed

The complaint is Document 1, filed October 5, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The case is MacuHealth, LP v. Armen Toranyan, No. 2:26-cv-11574, and it includes a demand for jury trial. It pleads five claims: trademark infringement and counterfeiting under 15 U.S.C. § 1114, sale of stolen property under California Penal Code § 496, conversion, unfair competition under California Business and Professions Code § 17200, and common law unfair competition. Counsel are Glenn E. Forbis and Jeremiah J. Foley of Harness, Dickey & Pierce PLC (pro hac vice forthcoming) and local counsel Edward W. Lukas, Jr. of Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, LLP.

What the complaint alleges

The complaint says MacuHealth is a Michigan limited partnership based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, that sells dietary supplements for eye health, and that it owns the standard character mark MACUHEALTH, U.S. Reg. No. 3,655,528. It says a contract manufacturer makes the capsules and prints a lot number on each bottle, and that every lot goes to a laboratory after it reaches MacuHealth's Phoenix, Arizona distribution center to confirm it meets 100% of the label claim.

The complaint alleges that Lot # 274401, 85,000 bottles that had not yet been tested, was stolen in October 2024. It alleges, on information and belief, that someone stole a trucking company's identity and booked a fictitious shipment that sent the lot to Chatsworth, California instead of Arizona.

The complaint alleges that MacuHealth found eBay listings selling the product far below its $82.95 retail price, including five bottles for $89.37 and three bottles for $57.93. It says MacuHealth bought both sets, that the eight bottles carry MacuHealth's label and the lot number 274401, and that it ties the seller account and the return address on the packages to Toranyan. It alleges the listings are still active.

The trademark claim alleges that Toranyan uses the identical MACUHEALTH mark in commerce and that the bottles are materially different from MacuHealth's product at least because they had not been tested for compliance with the label claim. It alleges the infringement and counterfeiting were willful. The prayer asks for actual damages trebled, profits, fees, statutory damages of up to $2,000,000 under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c), a preliminary and permanent injunction, and an order of replevin returning the bottles to MacuHealth.