Society for Human Resource Management v. Zrowth LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE Case No. 21-cv-07684-VC
MANAGEMENT,
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT
JUDGMENT
v. Re: Dkt. No.
ZROWTH LLC,
Defendant.
The Society for Human Resource Management certifies HR professionals. Certification requires passing an exam and can be revoked for conduct which “discredits or embarrasses the profession or the Society, violates the SHRM Bylaws, or otherwise is not in the best interests of the Society.” Helpful Facts About the SHRM Member Discipline Process, https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/pages/member-discipline.aspx. The Society’s registered trademarks include the term “SHRM” and a stylized logo. Zrowth does business under the name HR Growth Tools and operates a website at www.hrgrowthtools.com, where it sells bundles of HR templates. Until recently, the site featured SHRM’s logo in several places. The site still features a name and photo for the company’s apparent founder, Stella Benson. In two places, she is claimed to be “Certified SHRM-SCP,” the more advanced of SHRM’s two certifications. SHRM has no record of anyone named Stella Benson being certified, and…