What was filed
The docket lists a complaint filed on September 28, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, and the complaint demands a jury trial. The case is Univera Brands, LLC v. Hawk Sports Industries, Germany, GmbH and Ali Raza, No. 2:26-cv-00903, assigned to Judge Howard Curtis Nielson Jr. Document 1 is that complaint. The nature of suit is 840 Trademark. The same day, Univera filed a motion for a temporary restraining order, a motion for alternative service, and a motion for leave to file a sealed document. As of September 29, 2026, the docket shows no ruling on the restraining-order motion and no judgment.
What the complaint alleges
The complaint says Univera owns U.S. Registration No. 7,998,692 for the standard-character mark HAWK SPORTS in Class 28 for goods including hand wraps for sports use, karate gloves and shin pads, weightlifting belts, boxing and martial-arts equipment, and weight lifting gloves. It alleges common-law HAWK and HAWK SPORTS rights from U.S. use beginning in 2016. It names Hawk Sports Industries, Germany, GmbH, which it says is organized under German law with a place of business in Kiel, Germany, and Ali Raza, who it alleges is HSI's CEO residing in Germany.
It alleges that in Opposition No. 91267979 the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, after a full trial, sustained an opposition brought by Univera's predecessor and refused registration of defendants' competing HAWK mark, with a decision issued August 30, 2024 finding defendants failed to prove prior U.S. use. It alleges that afterward defendants twice used Amazon intellectual-property tools against Univera and its predecessor, including a March 2025 episode involving an inadvertently issued registration later cancelled, and a 2026 episode in which defendants allegedly enrolled twelve of Univera's ASINs in Amazon's Transparency program through Brand Registry, blocking sales without Transparency codes only defendants could issue. The complaint cites Amazon case messages from early September 2026.
The first cause of action alleges false designation of origin and false representation under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(A). The second alleges false or misleading representation under § 1125(a)(1)(B). The third alleges infringement of a federally registered trademark under § 1114. The complaint also pleads Utah tortious interference with contract and with prospective economic relations, and seeks declaratory judgment under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202. The prayer asks for TRO and injunctive relief requiring withdrawal of the Transparency enrollment and related Brand Registry claims, plus damages. That is a prayer for relief. A court has not granted it.
A complaint is not a ruling
None of this is a finding. A newly filed complaint tells you what Univera alleges about Amazon Transparency enrollment and HAWK SPORTS rights. It does not tell you that the German defendants infringed, made false designations, or tortiously interfered. The court has not decided the case.