Plus, Sanrio couldn't argue that this was a case of simultaneous invention, as not only did Miffy predate Cathy by several years, but Miffy was also dramatically popular in Japan, to the point ...

Sanrio Co., home of Hello Kitty, and Mercis BV of the Netherlands have agreed to drop a courtroom spat over whether the Japanese company's rabbit character Cathy is too much like famed Dutch ...

The ruling called for an immediate halt to the production, sale and marketing of Cathy goods in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, and ordered Sanrio to pay over £22,000-a-day in the event ...

This new line focuses on a cute pink bunny named Sakura and her friends Cathy the Cat and Ran the Hamster. Created in 2021, this Sanrio line has lived in the shadow of Hello Kitty’s global ...

Sanrio, the firm that makes Hello Kitty goods, can no longer sell Cathy items. Advertisement If the Cathy ban is broken, Sky News reports , Sanrio must fork over £21,000 (US$34,000) a day, up to ...

Sanrio, the maker of Hello Kitty character goods, said on Thursday it planned to object to a Dutch court ruling that its rabbit character Cathy too closely resembled Miffy, a popular Dutch rabbit ...

The Japanese company behind Hello Kitty has agreed with the Dutch creator of bunny character Miffy to end a copyright row and instead donate legal costs to victims of the March quake and tsunami. An ...

The latest heavyweight at Universal CityWalk weighs in at just three apples: It’s Hello Kitty (and her gaggle of Sanrio friends). Los Angeles’s first Hello Kitty and Friends Cafe opens on ...

Sanrio Co., home of Hello Kitty, and Mercis BV of the Netherlands have agreed to drop a courtroom spat over whether the Japanese company's rabbit character Cathy is too much like famed Dutch ...