As some of you may know, since several months there is an ongoing lawsuit between Mercis, the company that owns Miffy’s rights, and Sanrio. The “bad girl” is Cathy, one of the little friends of Hello Kitty, a white bunny that, according to the Dutch Mercis, has too much similarities with the character created by Dick Bruna. In November of the last year, the People’s Court of Amsterdam has given reason to Mercis, ruling that the character of Cathy violates the copyright of the Dutch company and then prohibiting the marketing of any gadget depicting the Japanese bunny.
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Project “Holding Hands”, hand by hand for Japan
Among the many initiatives supporting the Japanese people, badly hit by the earthquake last month, it’s certainly noteworthy the one led by some of the most famous Japanese (and not only) character designers, who joined together for the project “Holding Hands”.