Defendant
2 cases as defendant.
Company Overview
Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc., commonly known as Petco, is a publicly traded pet health and wellness company. Founded in 1965 as a mail-order veterinary supply business, the company is headquartered in San Diego, California. Petco trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol "WOOF." The company operates over 1,500 pet care centers across the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico and employed approximately 27,000 people as of early 2021.
Products and Services
Petco is a retail operator that sells a wide range of pet food, products, and supplies for dogs, cats, fish, reptiles, birds, and other small animals. In addition to retail merchandise, the company offers various services, including pet grooming, dog training, and in-store veterinary care through a network of on-site hospitals and mobile clinics. Petco also provides pet insurance and operates online through its website and mobile app, offering an e-commerce platform and a subscription delivery service called Autoship. The company has developed its own private-label brands, including WholeHearted pet food, So Phresh cleaning products, and Well & Good supplements and grooming solutions.
Patent Litigation Posture
Based on the provided data, Petco Animal Supply Stores Inc. is an operating company that acts as a defendant in patent litigation. The company has been named as a defendant in two tracked cases and has not appeared as a plaintiff. This pattern is typical for a company with significant retail and service operations that is being targeted by patent assertion entities. Both of its tracked cases are appeals filed in April 2026 in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Notable Cases
The two recent cases in which Petco is a defendant were brought by Monticello Enterprises LLC. Both are appeals filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, suggesting they stem from an earlier district court dispute. The specific patents or technologies involved in these cases are not detailed in the provided information.
The accused products are payment systems and programming interfaces that facilitate purchases within mobile apps, through web browsers, and in physical stores via a wireless connection.
The accused product is a payment system that enables purchases within mobile apps, on websites, and in physical stores using a wireless connection from a user's device. This system uses a payment API to simplify the transaction process for both in-app and in-store purchases.