Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hello Kitty ana zargin an zana shi a cikin irin wannan salon ga zomo Miffy. A ranar 26 ga Agusta, 2010, Mercis BV, mai wakiltar mahaliccin Miffy Dick Bruna, ya shigar da kara a kan Sanrio tare da iƙirarin cewa ɗayan abokan haɗin Hello Kitty, zomo mai suna Cathy, ya keta haƙƙin mallaka da alamar kasuwanci ta Miffy. A ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 2010, wata kotun Netherlands ta yanke hukunci a kan Sanrio kuma ta umurci kamfanin ya daina sayar da kayayyakin Cathy a Belgium, Luxembourg, da Netherlands. Bayan girgizar kasa da tsunami na 11 ga Maris, 2011
a Japan, Sanrio da Mercis sun cimma yarjejeniya a waje da kotu a ranar 7 ga Yuni, 2011 don Sanrio ta dakatar da samar da kayayyaki a duk duniya wanda ke nuna Cathy. Sun kuma sanar da bayar da gudummawar € 150,000 ga wadanda girgizar kasa ta shafa.