Case fileReal
Sanrio (victim) — Munich counterfeit Hello Kitty prosecution
A German criminal conviction of a counterfeiter dealing fake Hello Kitty electronics.
State prosecution (Sanrio as trademark owner and victim),
Plaintiff,
v.
A Munich trader (name not public),
Defendant.
Docket No.not public
CourtAmtsgericht München (criminal)
Filed2013
StatusDecided
The record
- Court
- Amtsgericht München (criminal)
- Jurisdiction
- Germany
- Docket No.
- not public
- Filed
- 2013
- Resolved
- 2014
- Sanrio’s role
- Rights-holder
- Type
- Counterfeiting
- Claims
- Commercial dealing in counterfeit trademarked goods
- Counsel — plaintiff/petitioner
- not public
- Counsel — Sanrio side
- not public
What happened
A German criminal conviction of a counterfeiter dealing fake Hello Kitty electronics.
Outcome
Convicted (Nov 2014): an 18-month suspended sentence, over counterfeit Hello Kitty MP3 players and fabric cases imported from Hong Kong.
The legal nuance
Documented on a German IP practitioner’s blog rather than a court database, and the case number is not public.
Sources of record