{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-107616", "time_of_filling": "2025-06-19 11:51:52", "domain_names": [ "purinacareblog.com" ], "case_administrator": " Iveta Špiclová (Czech Arbitration Court) (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Societe des Produits Nestle S.A." ], "complainant_representative": "Markus Rouvinen (Thomsen Trampedach GmbH)", "respondent": [ "Peter Zack" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nestlé S.A (the Nestlé Group), <\/span>a Swiss limited liability Company founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé. It sells products and services all over the world in various industries, with the largest product categories including coffee and beverages, confectionery, baby foods, bottled water, dairy products and breakfast cereals, <\/span>and pet food<\/span>. Furthermore, the Complainant is also active in the pharmaceutical and pet-care industries.<\/p>\n

The Nestlé Group is the largest publicly traded food and nutritional products company in the world and has been since 2014. The Group ranks 106<\/span>th<\/sup> in Fortune magazine’s 2024 Fortune Global 500 list. The NESTLE brand has recently been recognized as the most valuable food brand in the world by independent publications such as Brand Finance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Complainant is the owner of the PURINA brand of pet food products, which has a significant history and reputation in its own respect, which brand traces its origins 1894. Currently, Purina PetCare is the largest pet food supplier in the world by revenue, having generated in excess of 21 billion USD in sales in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/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.<\/p>", "no_response_filed": "

The Complainant contends that the requirements of the Policy have been met and that the disputed domain name should be transferred to it, namely:<\/p>\n

i) that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademarks for PURINA;<\/p>\n

ii) that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name; and<\/p>\n

iii) that the disputed domain name was registered, and is being used in bad faith to divert Internet users to the Respondent’s webpage containing gambling material in Chinese language.<\/p>\n

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No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>", "rights": "

The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed 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 disputed 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 disputed 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": [ "Laura Martin-Gamero Schmidt" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-08-11 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Panel acknowledges that the Complainant owns a large portfolio of international trademarks for the term PURINA. Evidence has been provided appropriately as Attachment to its Complaint, to which the following examples are listed below:<\/p>\n

The Complainant holds the following federal trademark registrations, registered in international class 31 and 29 (e.g. feeds for cats, birds, dog litter):<\/p>\n

1) PURINA, No. 72179928, registered on June 30, 1964;<\/p>\n

2) PURINA, No. 71023613, registered on March 5, 1907;<\/p>\n

3) PURINA, No.  75738731, registered on October 24, 2000;<\/p>\n

4) PURINA, International Trademark Registration No. 1423984, registered on August 8, 2018.<\/p>\n

The Complainant also registered the word PURINA as domain name under several gTLDs and ccTLDs, as for example:  <purina.com>, registered on January 2, 1996; among many others. <\/p>\n

<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "purinacareblog.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }