Panda Express threatened to sue local California restaurant over its name
One day last October, local Morro Bay restaurant Panda Panda Chinese Restaurant received an unexpected letter. 'We demand that you immediately ceas...
One day last October, local Morro Bay restaurant Panda Panda Chinese Restaurant received an unexpected letter. 'We demand that you immediately cease and desist all use' of the word 'panda,' read the letter from Panda Express parent company Panda Restaurant Group, reported the San Luis Obispo Tribune. The American Chinese fast food chain threatened legal action for an alleged infringement of its trademark registration for the word. Panda Panda Chinese had only opened six months prior. Quickly, the restaurant's owners, Xiaohan Ding and Yanzhi Liu, realized they wouldn't be able to fight the giant corporation's legal power.