Charles Feng is the Director of the International Business Department and a Senior Partner of Tahota (Beijing) Law Firm. Mr. Feng graduated from Duke Law in the US and China Foreign Affairs University with LLM degrees. Mr. Feng is the Director of the International Business Department and a Senior Partner of Tahota (Beijing) Law Firm, Head of the Digital Economy Law Center of Tahota. Mr. Feng is a reputable IP and Data Law expert with substantial experience in intellectual property law, data law and anti-trust law with well-known international law firm and Chinese law firms, focusing on IP litigation, prosecution and enforcement, trademark and patent portfolio management, as well as cyber and data law related legal matters. Mr. Feng has represented numerous foreign clients from the US, EU, Japan, UK, Korea and ASEAN countries at various levels of courts as well as administrative organs in China. Mr. Feng is particularly experienced in addressing clients’ commercial needs in the areas of IP litigation, arbitration and prosecution, including patent, copyright, trademark, and domain names, unfair competition, and trade secrets. In addition to his work in the courtrooms, he has been involved in IP transactional work, including the drafting, negotiation and enforcement of IP assignment or licensing agreements. Besides, Mr Feng and his team also represented a number of multinationals in dealing with their legal matters in relation to cyber security, privacy and data protection. One of the cases handled by Mr. Feng was ranked as one of 50 Model IP Cases by the Supreme People’s Court of China in 2013. In 2019, a case handled by Mr. Feng acquired the first preliminary injunction on the basis of trademark infringement and unfair competition from the Shijingshan District Court in Beijing.
As a highly regarded expert at home and abroad, Mr Feng is currently serving as the Consultant Expert to the Guiding Case Research Center of the Supreme People’s Court of China, Vice Director of the Copyright Society of China, Standing Committee Member of China Intellectual Property Law Association, Committee Member of TOPC (Trademark Office Practice Committee) of INTA. Committee Member of the Unfair Competition and Antitrust Committee of Beijing Bar Association, an IP Expert for EU-China IPR Helpdesk as well as a member of American Bar Association, China Bar Association and INTA.
His professional experience includes working with the nonprofit Japanese government organization Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), and top international and domestic law firms in China, Baker & McKenzie LLP, King & Wood Mallesons, Wan Hui Da Law Firm and East Concord Partners, which gave him valuable insights into the industry.
Mr. Feng actively participates in events in IP society internationally and domestically. He is an influential IP expert in China. Mr. Feng is currently serving as the Consultant Expert to the Guiding Case Research Center of the Supreme People’s Court of China; Vice Director of the Copyright Society of China, a Standing Committee Member of the China Intellectual Property Law Association, an IP Expert for EU-China IPR Helpdesk, a Trademark Office Practice Committee Head of INTA as well as a Committee Member of Unfair Competition and Anti-trust Committee of China Bar Association and a Member of Legal Committee of AmCham and American Bar Association.
The team led by Charles Feng consists of experienced lawyers and patent attorneys who are able to provide IP, Data Protection, Foreign investment and Dispute resolution related legal services in Chinese, English, Japanese and French.
