Case fileReal
IMPI — Mixcoac seizure of counterfeit Sanrio goods
A Mexican IP-office raid that pulled thousands of counterfeit Sanrio items from a single store.
IMPI (Sanrio as requesting rights holder),
Plaintiff,
v.
A store in Mixcoac, Mexico City,
Defendant.
Docket No.not public
CourtInstituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI)
Filed2025
StatusClosed
The record
- Court
- Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI)
- Jurisdiction
- Mexico
- Docket No.
- not public
- Filed
- 2025
- Resolved
- 2025
- Sanrio’s role
- Rights-holder
- Type
- Customs enforcement
- Claims
- Provisional seizure of counterfeit Sanrio merchandise
- Counsel — plaintiff/petitioner
- not public
- Counsel — Sanrio side
- not public
What happened
A Mexican IP-office raid that pulled thousands of counterfeit Sanrio items from a single store.
Outcome
On 26 Aug 2025, IMPI provisionally seized 7,521 items (about MXN 656,167) bearing Hello Kitty, My Melody, Kuromi, Keroppi, Little Twin Stars, Dear Daniel, Pompompurin and others.
The legal nuance
The breadth of characters seized, eight and more at once, shows how much of the catalog gets faked together.
Sources of record