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 promises to drop the character Cathy. Both will donate about £135,000 to the victims of the earthquake in Japan rather than spend money on legal fees. Miffy was created in 1955, while ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cathy is a spin-off of Sanrio's hugely successful Hello Kitty character and has appeared in an animated series about the loveable cat and the characters that populate her world.

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 ...

Now Sanrio has been ordered to stop making, selling and marketing Cathy-related goods in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, and must pay £21,800 a day if it does not comply.

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 ...