Case fileReal
Sanrio Company, Ltd. v. Unneeda Doll Co., Inc.
Sanrio’s earliest TTAB entry here, over “KITTY AND HER KIDDIE KAR.” It closed the same year it opened.
Sanrio Company, Ltd. (opposer),
Plaintiff,
v.
Unneeda Doll Co., Inc. (registrant),
Defendant.
Docket No.Opposition No. 91064466
CourtUSPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
Filed1981
StatusSettled
The record
- Court
- USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Docket No.
- Opposition No. 91064466
- Filed
- 1981
- Resolved
- 1981
- Sanrio’s role
- Opposer
- Type
- Trademark
- Claims
- Likelihood of confusion
- Counsel — plaintiff/petitioner
- not public
- Counsel — Sanrio side
- not public
What happened
Sanrio’s earliest TTAB entry here, over “KITTY AND HER KIDDIE KAR.” It closed the same year it opened.
Outcome
Dismissed without prejudice (18 Nov 1981), likely settled.
The legal nuance
From 1981, about when Hello Kitty was taking hold in the US market.
Sources of record