{ "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-107761", "time_of_filling": "2025-07-25 09:16:16", "domain_names": [ "chewy-usa.com" ], "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)", "complainant": [ "Chewy, Inc." ], "complainant_representative": "Mike Rodenbaugh (RODENBAUGH LAW LLC)", "respondent": [ "Mahnoor Ahsan" ], "respondent_representative": null, "factual_background": "

The Complainant was founded in 2011 as a customer-service focused online retailer for pet supplies, including pet food, treats, supplies, and veterinary pharmaceutical products, and offers pet wellness-related services. The Complainant operates one of the largest online per retail stores through its website at www.chewy.com<\/a>. In 2023 the Complainant was ranked #362 in the Fortune 500 list of the world’s most important companies. In 2024, it was added to the Standard & Poors MidCap 500 list of most valuable midcap stocks. In 2025, the Complainant earned almost $12 billion in net sales, a 6% increase over the previous year.<\/p>\n

The disputed domain name was registered on July 6, 2025 allegedly in the name of an individual located in Pakistan. The disputed domain name resolves to a website featuring the Complainant's mark and purportedly offering pet products, including CHEWY pet products under the Complainant's mark.<\/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": "

No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>\n

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

In particular, the Complainant's contends that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant's CHEWY mark, as it incorporates it entirely and the addition of the geographical term \"usa\" is insufficient to escape a finding of confusing similarity. <\/p>\n

The Complainant further contends that the Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The Complainant did not authorize the Respondent to use its CHEWY mark in any manner, including as part of the disputed domain name. The Respondent is using the disputed domain name for an imitative website offering pet products and services under the CHEWY mark. Accordingly, the Respondent is monetizing the disputed domain name by trading on the goodwill associated with the CHEWY mark used in the disputed domain name to confuse Internet users into visiting the Respondent's website where the Respondent purports to offer competing retail goods and services and harvests email addresses of unsuspected users. Such use of the disputed domain name does not constitute any legitimate bona fide sale of goods or services or legitimate noncommercial or fair use as the Respondent does not accurately disclose its lack of relationship or affiliation with the Complainant. <\/p>\n

Lastly, the Complainant argues that the Respondent registered and is being using the disputed domain name in bad faith. The CHEWY mark has achieved such a level of recognition and reputation that the Respondent cannot validly claim that he was unaware of this mark at the time of the registration of the disputed domain name. On the contrary, by registering the disputed domain name, the Respondent sought to capitalize on the goodwill associated with the CHEWY mark by drawing Internet users to its website for commercial gain, thus attempting to disrupt the Complainant's business. <\/p>\n

<\/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": [ "Angelica Lodigiani" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-08-28 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "

The Complainant is the owner of a portfolio of trademarks containing or consisting of the term \"chewy\", registered in many jurisdictions worldwide, among which, the following:<\/p>\n

- CHEWY, US registration No. 5,834,442, registered on August 13, 2019 and claiming first use in commerce of February 7, 2018, for services in class 35;<\/p>\n

- CHEWY, US registration No. 5,028,009, registered on August 23, 2016, and claiming first use in commerce of May 24, 2016, for services in class 35;<\/p>\n

- CHEWY, EU registration No. 016605834, registered on August 10, 2017, for services in class 35;<\/p>\n

- CHEWY, Australian registration No. 2060121, registered on August 10, 2020, for services in class 35.<\/p>\n

The Complainant is also the owner of the domain name <chewy.com>, registered on April 18, 2004, which resolves to the Complainant's primary website.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "chewy-usa.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }