Da-Fa Feng
Biography
Da-Fa Feng is a partner at Baker McKenzie's Taipei office. He is a member of the Intellectual Property practice group and focuses his practice on patent litigation, general IP advisory, and antitrust laws.
Practice Focus
Da-Fa has extensive experience representing both local and foreign corporations in various courts in Taiwan. In addition to his legal practice, he has a strong background in chemistry and biotechnology.
Representative Legal Matters
Patent Prosecution
- Drafted patent specifications for multinational companies.
- Drafted responses for multinational companies to office actions and convinced the authority of patent applications having the inventive step and the patents were granted thereby.
Patent Litigation
- Represented Eli Lilly & Company against local pharmaceutical companies in an infringement matter concerning process patents; obtained favorable settlements.
- Represented Aventis Pharma S.A. against a local pharmaceutical company in an infringement matter concerning composition patent; obtained final judgment.
Copyright
- Represented Microchip Technology Inc. against a local company in a copyright dispute concerning involving microcode and datasheet, and obtain a favorable and final judgment.
- Represented Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. against a local company in a copyright dispute involving toys and obtained a favorable settlement.
Antitrust
- Represented Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. against Taiwan Fair Trade Commission and successfully obtained a favorable and final judgment.
- Represented Genovate Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in successfully prosecuting a Japan pharmaceutical company of unfair competition and patent misuses, obtaining compensation of NTD50 million plus interest.
Dispute Resolution
- Represented OAK Technology, Inc. against a local company in a dispute of payment and obtained a favorably final judgment that the local company should pay NTD114 million plus interest to Oak Technology, Inc.
Trade Secrets
- Represented multinational companies and obtained favorable results.
Professional Honors
- Named Recognized Practitioner by Chambers Greater China (2025)
- Named Recommended Lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2024)
- Named Patent Star, Patent, Taiwan by IP Stars (2023)
- Named Recommended Individual by IAM Patent 1000 (2023)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Taipei Bar Association
- HsinchuBar Association
- Taichung Bar Association
- Tainan Bar Association
- Taoyuan Bar Association
- Taiwan Patent Attorneys Association
Admissions
- Taoyuan~Taiwan (2011)
- Hsinchu~Taiwan (2006)
- Taichung~Taiwan (2006)
- Tainan~Taiwan (2006)
- Taipei~Taiwan (2001)
Education
- American University Washington College of Law (LL.M.) (2006)
- National Cheng-Chi University (LL.M.) (2003)
- Fu-Jen Catholic University (B.Sc.) (1991)
Languages
- Chinese
- English
- Taiwanese
Baker & McKenzie, a Taiwanese Partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.