Founded in 2011, the Complainant, Chewy, Inc., operates one of the largest online retail stores, providing pet supplies and pet wellness-related services. The Complainant operates the website at “www.chewy.com”. It owns numerous trademark registrations for the CHEWY mark and other CHEWY-formative marks in many jurisdictions.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <chewystoreus.com> was registered on November 28, 2025. It resolves to a website displaying the CHEWY mark and offering pet products for sale.<\/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, for the following reasons.<\/p>\n
The Complainant owns the trademark registrations set out above. The Complainant’s CHEWY marks are also famous, as determined in several prior UDRP decisions. See, e.g., Chewy, Inc. v. david almarin, Case No. D2022-3808 (WIPO Jul. 28, 2023). The disputed domain name <chewystoreus.com> is confusingly similar to the Complainant’s CHEWY mark.<\/p>\n
The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in the <chewystoreus.com> domain name. The Respondent has never been authorized by the Complainant to use the CHEWY marks in any manner and the domain name was registered long after the Complainant registered the CHEWY marks and established extensive goodwill. The domain name does not reflect the Respondent’s common name. It currently resolves to a counterfeit website purporting to offer pet-related products under the CHEWY marks. Accordingly, the Respondent is monetizing the domain name by trading on the goodwill associated with the CHEWY marks to confuse Internet users into visiting the Respondent’s website where the Respondent purports to offer deals for competing retail goods. Such use does not constitute any legitimate bona fide<\/em> sale of goods or services or legitimate non-commercial or fair use. The Respondent cannot make any claim to be a reseller with a right or legitimate interest in the domain name, for the Respondent does not accurately disclose its lack of a relationship or affiliation with the trademark owner, namely, the Complainant. See Oki Data Americas, Inc. v. ASD, Inc<\/em>., Case No. D2001-0903 (WIPO Nov. 6, 2001). Instead, the Respondent falsely holds out its website to be an official Chewy online shop or site for pet-related products. Thus, the Respondent falsely declares it is Chewy itself, which can never be deemed a legitimate interest under the Policy.<\/p>\n The Respondent has registered and is using the disputed domain name in bad faith to direct Internet users to an imitative website purporting to offer pet-related products, thus unfairly trading on the goodwill associated with the Complainant’s CHEWY marks. Accordingly, the Respondent is disrupting the Complainant’s business by diverting business and prospective business away from the Complainant, which evidences bad faith under 4(b)(iii) of the Policy. The Respondent’s registration and use of the domain name also constitute bad faith under paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy by intentionally attracting Internet users for commercial gain, offering pet-related products through its competing imitative website, creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant’s CHEWY marks as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the domain name.<\/p>\n 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": [
"Alan Limbury"
],
"date_of_panel_decision": "2026-01-09 00:00:00",
"informal_english_translation": " The Complainant owns several word mark registrations, including the following:<\/p>\n United States Reg. No. 4,346,308, CHEWY.COM, registered on June 4, 2013 in International Class 35;<\/p>\n European Union Reg. No. 916605834, CHEWY, registered on August 10, 2027 in International Class 35;<\/p>\n and United States Reg. No. 5,834,442, CHEWY, registered on August 13, 2019 in International Class 35.<\/p>",
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"chewystoreus.com": "TRANSFERRED"
},
"panelist": null,
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}