FACTS ASSERTED BY THE COMPLAINANT OR APPARENT FROM MATERIALS ACCOMPANYING THE COMPLAINT AND NOT CONTESTED BY THE RESPONDENT<\/p>\n
The Complainant provides pet supplies and pet wellness-related services through its online retail store, including pet food, treats, supplies, and veterinary pharmaceutical products and services. <\/p>\n
The Complainant was founded in 2011. By 2023, Chewy was ranked #362 in the Fortune 500 list of the world’s most important companies. In 2024, Chewy was added to the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 500 list of most valuable midcap stocks. That year, the Complainant generated almost $12 billion in net sales.<\/p>\n
The Complainant also provides pet supplies and pet wellness-related services through a website operating from its <chewy.com> domain name, which makes substantial use of its CHEWY trade mark. <\/p>\n
The Complainant has previously been successful in a number of UDRP or other domain name decisions in which the extent of the reputation of the Complainant’s marks have been recognised. These include Chewy, Inc. v. david almarin, WIPO Case No. D2022-3808, Chewy Inc. v. Rostislav Karyi \/ Ростислав Карый, WIPO Case No. DUA2020-0007, and Chewy, Inc. v. Li Hou Chang, WIPO Case No. D2019-1845<\/p>\n
On 22 May 2025, the Respondent registered the Domain Name. Registrant verification information provided by the Registrar, shows that the Respondent purports to be an individual in the United States.<\/p>\n
The Domain Name currently resolves to a webpage with a header that suggests it has been generated by tools provided by the Registrar. The page appearing under that header is branded as CHEWY PET, and prominently displays a photograph of what appears to be a person in a wheelchair accompanied by a dog on a lead proceeding down the aisle of a supermarket. Below that picture are the words “Contact Us” and a form that invites the internet user to provide a name, e-mail and message and providing a tick box with the words “Sign up for our email list for updates, promotions, and more”. At the bottom of that page in small text are the words “Copyright © Chewy Pet – All Rights Reserved”.<\/p>", "other_legal_proceedings": "
The Panel is not aware of any other legal proceedings which are pending or decided and which relate to the disputed domain name (the \"Domain Name\").<\/p>", "no_response_filed": "
The Complainant contends that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the Domain Name should be transferred to it.<\/p>\n
No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>", "rights": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy).<\/p>", "no_rights_or_legitimate_interests": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Respondent to have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Name (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy).<\/p>", "bad_faith": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Domain Name has been registered and is being used in bad faith (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy).<\/p>", "procedural_factors": "
The Panel is satisfied that all procedural requirements under UDRP were met and there is no other reason why it would be inappropriate to provide a decision.<\/p>", "decision": "Accepted", "panelists": [ "Matthew Harris" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-07-02 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant is the owner of various registered trade marks around the world that comprise or incorporate the term CHEWY. <\/p>\n
These include:<\/p>\n
(i) United States trade mark no. 4,346,308 with a filing date of 1 October 2012 and a registration date of 4 June 2013 for CHEWY.COM as a standard character mark in class 35 with a first use in commerce date of 1 September 2012;<\/p>\n
(ii) United States trade mark no. 5,028,009 with a filing date of 15 April 2015 and a registration date of 23 August 2016 for CHEWY as a standard character mark in class 35 with a first use in commerce date of 24 May 2016; and<\/p>\n
(iii) European Union trade mark no. 016605834 with a filing date of 12 April 2017 and a registration date of 10 August 2017 for CHEWY as a word mark in class 35.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "chewypet.org": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }