Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Hello Kitty e kiia ana he rite tonu te ahua ki te reihi Miffy. I te Akuhata 26, 2010, Mercis BV, e tohu ana i te kaihanga o Miffy a Dick Bruna, i whakawakia a Sanrio me te kii ko tetahi o nga hoa o Hello Kitty, he kuri ko Cathy te ingoa, e takahi ana i te mana pupuri me te waitohu a Miffy. I te 2 o Whiringa-a-rangi 2010, i whakatau te kōti o Netherlands ki a Sanrio, ā, i whakahau i te kamupene kia mutu te hokohoko i ngā hua Cathy i Belgium, Luxembourg, me te Netherlands. Whai muri i te
Poutu-te-rangi 11, 2011 te ruu me te tsunami i Japan, Sanrio me Mercis i tae atu ki tetahi whakataunga i waho o te kooti i te Pipiri 7, 2011 mo Sanrio ki te whakamutu i te whakaputa o te ao o nga taonga e whakaatu ana i a Cathy. I whakapuaki tahi hoki rātau i tētahi takoha €150,000 ki ngā patunga o te ru.