{
    "case_number": "CAC-UDRP-108121",
    "time_of_filling": "2025-11-04 23:27:52",
    "domain_names": [
        "chewyvendors.com"
    ],
    "case_administrator": "Olga Dvořáková (Case admin)",
    "complainant": [
        "Chewy, Inc."
    ],
    "complainant_representative": "Mike Rodenbaugh  (RODENBAUGH LAW LLC)",
    "respondent": [
        "sean fernandes"
    ],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Complainant is Chewy, Inc., a company operating one of the largest online retail stores. 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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Complainant also provides pet supplies and pet wellness-related services through its domain name &lt;chewy.com&gt;, registered since April 2004.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disputed domain name &lt;chewyvendors.com&gt; was registered on September 30, 2025, and is used in connection with<span>&nbsp;an active login page designed to imitate a Chewy secure vendor portal.<\/span><\/p>",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "<p>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": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>COMPLAINANT:<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>The Complainant contends that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Trademark.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>Furthermore, the Complainant contends that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. In this regard, the Complainant states that the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name, that it is not affiliated with nor authorized by the Complainant in any way, that the Complainant does not carry out any activity for, nor has any business with the Respondent, and that neither license nor authorization has been granted to the Respondent to make any use of the Trademark or apply for registration of the disputed domain name by the Complainant.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>Finally, the Complainant contends that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. It contends that the Respondent must have been aware of the Complainant and its Trademark at the time of registration of the disputed domain name as the Trademark is well-known and that the Respondent's use of the disputed domain name is evidence of bad faith, as it has registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor and intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, internet users by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant&rsquo;s Trademark.&nbsp;<\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>RESPONDENT:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>No administratively compliant Response has been filed.<\/p>",
    "rights": "<p>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": "<p>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": "<p>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": "<p>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": [
        "Stefanie Efstathiou LL.M. mult."
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-12-05 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "<p><span>The Complainant is the owner of several \"CHEWY\" trademarks, registered worldwide, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. Registration No. 5,028,009 for \"CHEWY\", used in commerce since 2016 and registered on August 23, 2016;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. Registration No. 5,834,442 for \"CHEWY\", used in commerce since 2018 and registered on August 13, 2019;<\/li>\n<li>EU Registration No. 016605834 for \"CHEWY\", registered on August 10, 2017;<\/li>\n<li>EU Registration No. 018101754 for \"CHEWY\", registered on December 14, 2019 <span>(hereinafter cumulatively referred to as the \"Trademark\").<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol><\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>",
    "decision_domains": {
        "chewyvendors.com": "TRANSFERRED"
    },
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}