Where Law and Economics Meets

Current Positions

• Vice Chairperson, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (From February 1, 2021)

Recent Activities

• Interview with Yale Insights (Yale School of Management, Feb. 18, 2016)

• Paper "Procompetitive Theories of Vertical Control" 50 Hastings L.J. 573, 578 (1999)(with Keith Hylton), was cited by United States Court of Appeals,Fourth Circuit in It's My Party v. Live Nation Inc. (811 F.3d 676, 2016)

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Chen has a Bachelor’s degree in Law from National Taiwan University, and a Master’s degree in Law (LL.M) from Soochow University in Taiwan. He obtained his other LL.M degree from Duke University, and a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) degree from Northwestern University in the United States. He is now teaching full time as a Professor of Law in the Department of Financial and Economic Law at Chung Yuan Christian University. His major fields of academic interest are antitrust law and policy, economic regulations, and law and economics. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on competition law, European union law, economic law, IPRs and antitrust, tort law, and economic analysis of law. He has published widely on antitrust and related issues in Chinese and English, mainly from the perspective of economic analysis. His most recent publications include:

1. Justifications and Limitations for Adopting Divergent Competition Policy and Law in Emerging Economies, (Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2015).

2. New Enforcement Trend for Vertical Restraints After Implementation of the 2015 Amendments to the Taiwan Fair Trade Act: A Preliminary Analysis, (Competition Law International, Vol. 12, No. 1, April 2016)

3. Patent Assertion Entity in Merger Review in Taiwan: Issues of Characterization and Remedies, (in Patent Assertion Entities and Competition Policy, D. DANIEL SOKOL ed., Cambridge University Press, January 2017)

4. Investigating Competition Cases in Taiwan: The Inquisitorial Principle and the Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position ” , CPI Antitrust Chronicle , vol.1 , p.35-40 (2017)

5. Global Analysis of the Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property: Taiwan, Perspectives on International Antitrust , p.188-206 (2018)

6. 大數據與市場力濫用行為初探, 公平交易季刊 , vol.26 , p.1-33. (2018)

7. 支付系統競爭議題及規範架構之建立，公平交易季刊，Vol. 27, p. 1-40 (2019)

8. Due Process and Transparency Requirements for Investigating Competition Cases in Taiwan, (in Antitrust Procedural Fairness , Oxford University Press, (D. Daniel Sokol & Andrew Gutzman eds. Oxford University Press, 2019)

9. Regulatory Sandbox and Competition of Financial Technologies in Taiwan”, Competition Policy International Asia Column (2019)

Professor Chen served as Commissioner of the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) from 2007 to 2010 before resuming his academic career. During his term at the TFTC, he was responsible for the agency’s international affairs, in addition to his case-reviewing obligations. He supervised submissions and led delegates to annual meetings of the OECD Competition Committee in Paris. His familiarity with international competition laws and policies has made him a regular speaker on related topics to both government agencies and private companies.

Experience

• Dean, School of Law, Chung Yuan Christian University , Taiwan(August 2019 to January 2021)

• Professor & Department Chair, Department of Financial and Economic Law, School of Law, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan (August 2015 to January 2016)

• Commissioner, Cable Radio and Television Review Committee, The Executive Yuan, Taiwan (2010-2016)

• Associate Professor, Department of Financial and Economic Law, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan (February 2014 to July 2015)

• Associate Professor, Department of Financial and Economic Law, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan (February 2010 to January 2014)

• Commissioner, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (2007-2010)

• Associate Professor, Department of Financial and Economic Law, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan (August 2006 to January 2007)

• Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Tamkang University (2004-2006)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Tamkang University (1998-2004)