Practice Expertise
- Intellectual Property
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property
WSG Practice Industries
WSG Leadership
- Patent Law Group - Member
Profile
Mr. Duan’s practice focuses on intellectual property and data protection.
With particular expertise in handling tech-related legal matters, Mr. Duan has abundant experience
in representing industry-leading tech companies in their complex IP disputes, IP transactions, and
data-related legal matters in the Internet, AI, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. The
U.S. Federal Circuit Bar Association selected Mr. Duan as one of its 26 Global Fellows in 2019, an
honor conferred upon rising global leaders in the IP field, by recognizing his distinctive capability in
handling cross-border IP matters. Mr. Duan is the only representative from China in the 2019-20
Fellows program.
Before practicing law, Mr. Duan had engaged in academic research for nearly 10 years, with more
than 10 peer-reviewed academic publications. Mr. Duan worked as an attorney-at-law and patent
attorney at a leading IP law firm before joining Han Kun.
With particular expertise in handling tech-related legal matters, Mr. Duan has abundant experience
in representing industry-leading tech companies in their complex IP disputes, IP transactions, and
data-related legal matters in the Internet, AI, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. The
U.S. Federal Circuit Bar Association selected Mr. Duan as one of its 26 Global Fellows in 2019, an
honor conferred upon rising global leaders in the IP field, by recognizing his distinctive capability in
handling cross-border IP matters. Mr. Duan is the only representative from China in the 2019-20
Fellows program.
Before practicing law, Mr. Duan had engaged in academic research for nearly 10 years, with more
than 10 peer-reviewed academic publications. Mr. Duan worked as an attorney-at-law and patent
attorney at a leading IP law firm before joining Han Kun.
Bar Admissions
Member of the PRC Bar
Member of the PRC Patent Bar
Education
University of Southern California, Ph.D. in Engineering
Southeast University, B.Eng.
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property
Articles
A Brief Overview of the Draft Amendment to the Cybersecurity Law
By Zhichao(Kevin) Duan, Jin JIN |September 2022CAC Issues Guidelines for Data Export Security Assessment
By Zhichao(Kevin) Duan, Zihuan XU, Ziqian ZHANG |September 2022CAC Formally Promulgates the Assessment Measures for Data Export
By Zhichao(Kevin) Duan, Tina WANG,Zihuan XU,Jin JIN |July 2022
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