Intellectual Property Counsel at Panda Restaurant Group
Bio
Charles Chen currently serves as the Intellectual Property Counsel at Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., which owns and operates Panda Express®, the leading American Chinese food, fast casual restaurant with over 2,300 stores in the US and in 11 other countries. Prior to Panda®, Charles was the IP Counsel at HICKIES®, a leading e-commerce company that sells footwear accessories in over 45 countries. HICKIES® started out as a crowd sourced campaign on Kickstarter®, and Charles helped build the global IP portfolio and the robust IP enforcement program that it enjoys today.