Practice Expertise
- Data Protection
- Corporate Compliance
- Intellectual Property
Areas of Practice
- Data Protection
- Corporate Compliance
- 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
Peking University (LL.M.); University of Southern California, Ph.D. in Engineering; Southeast University, B.Eng.
Areas of Practice
- Data Protection
- Corporate Compliance
- Intellectual Property
Articles
What Changes and What Remains in the Data Protection Obligations for Small-Scale Personal Information Handlers
By Zhichao(Kevin) Duan, Tina WANG, Yi ZOU, Xuechen ZHANG |April 2026A New Chapter in Financial AI Regulation: Unraveling Singapore's AI Risk Management Guidelines
By Zhichao(Kevin) Duan, Song HONG |January 2026Brief Review of the Notice of the Ministry of Natural Resources on Strengthening the Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation Security of Intelligent Connected Vehicles
By Zhichao(Kevin) Duan, Yuting WANG, Jin ZUO |August 2024
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