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Sanrio Company, Ltd. & Sanrio, Inc. v. Michael Sedan
Even a “bad” Hello Kitty domain was confusingly similar enough to hand over.
Sanrio Company, Ltd. and Sanrio, Inc.,
Plaintiff,
v.
Michael Sedan (Delray Beach, FL),
Defendant.
Docket No.NAF Case No. FA1604001669997
CourtNational Arbitration Forum
Filed2016
StatusDecided
The record
- Court
- National Arbitration Forum
- Jurisdiction
- UDRP
- Docket No.
- NAF Case No. FA1604001669997
- Filed
- 2016
- Resolved
- 2016
- Sanrio’s role
- Plaintiff
- Type
- Domain (UDRP)
- Claims
- UDRP — confusingly similar; bad faith
- Counsel — plaintiff/petitioner
- not public
- Counsel — Sanrio side
- not public
What happened
Even a “bad” Hello Kitty domain was confusingly similar enough to hand over.
Outcome
Domain <badhellokitty.com> transferred to Sanrio (19 May 2016, panelist Hon. Charles K. McCotter, Jr.).
The legal nuance
Adding a pejorative prefix does not create a right in someone else’s famous mark.
Sources of record