Shanghai Pudong District People's Court recently took the prosecuting authority's complaint on Gu and Zhang's infringement of "HELLO KITTY" trademark.
The prosecuting authority filed a case with the court, asserting Gu and Zhang's distribution of counterfeit HELLO KITTY on the website of TAOBAO with a total of 800,000 yuan in revenue, during the period from July 2009 to December 2010. On December 28,2010, Shanghai Pudong Public Security Bureau seized over 70 kinds of fake products worth 110,000 yuan which infringing trademark of SANRIO company.

The plantiff held the defendants's distribution of counterfeit products is on purpose and should be prosecuted for criminal liability.

As of nows, the court has not yet rendered a ruling. We will follow the development of the case.

(China IP News)