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A Panda Express location in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 

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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. They capitulated to Panda Express’ demands to “discard and/or destroy all materials using Panda Express marks or any variation thereof, and immediately retract all advertising materials that include any such marks, including but not limited to revising your website … signage for inside and outside,” reported the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

Panda Panda changed its name to Bamboo Bamboo Chinese Restaurant, installing a new sign just before Christmas. While there are no Panda Express stores in Morro Bay, there are two in nearby San Luis Obispo. 

This isn’t the first time Panda Restaurant Group has gotten litigious over its name — the company trademarked the word “panda” for Chinese food services in 2001. In 2020, Panda Express sued Asian Mexican Phoenix restaurant Panda Libre for trademark infringement. The restaurant eventually ended up rebranding to “Kung Pow Restaurant,” according to the Arizona Republic.




Photo of Madeline Wells


A Panda Express location in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 

A Panda Express location in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 

Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty

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. They capitulated to Panda Express’ demands to “discard and/or destroy all materials using Panda Express marks or any variation thereof, and immediately retract all advertising materials that include any such marks, including but not limited to revising your website … signage for inside and outside,” reported the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

Panda Panda changed its name to Bamboo Bamboo Chinese Restaurant, installing a new sign just before Christmas. While there are no Panda Express stores in Morro Bay, there are two in nearby San Luis Obispo. 

This isn’t the first time Panda Restaurant Group has gotten litigious over its name — the company trademarked the word “panda” for Chinese food services in 2001. In 2020, Panda Express sued Asian Mexican Phoenix restaurant Panda Libre for trademark infringement. The restaurant eventually ended up rebranding to “Kung Pow Restaurant,” according to the Arizona Republic.



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