Qifan Huang is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on internet strategy and litigation.
Qifan has litigated issues at the frontier of internet law, including generative AI, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and content moderation and the First Amendment, among others. He also regularly advises clients on topics such as artificial intelligence, privacy, web scraping, and online marketplace compliance. Representative matters include:
- Representing Google in multiple ongoing litigations concerning generative AI.
- Representing Google against claims attacking Google Play’s content moderation and digital advertising practices.
- Representing Pinterest in multiple lawsuits concerning the applicability of DMCA safe harbors.
- Representing TikTok in a putative data privacy class action regarding tracking technologies.
- Represented YouTube in a putative class action alleging copyright infringement and improper removal of copyright management information (CMI) under 17 U.S.C. § 1202, defeating class certification, which ultimately resulted in plaintiffs dismissing their claims on the eve of trial.
Qifan also maintains an active pro bono practice. He has represented digital rights groups in cases exploring the intersection of technology, free speech, and surveillance, and has helped refugees and low-income residents obtain asylum or citizenship.
During law school, Qifan served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for the Honorable John G. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was also the co-president of the Columbia Society for Law, Science and Technology and a legal intern for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Qifan is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Qifan Huang is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on internet strategy and litigation.
Qifan has litigated issues at the frontier of internet law, including generative AI, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and content moderation and the First Amendment, among others. He also regularly advises clients on topics such as artificial intelligence, privacy, web scraping, and online marketplace compliance. Representative matters include:
- Representing Google in multiple ongoing litigations concerning generative AI.
- Representing Google against claims attacking Google Play’s content moderation and digital advertising practices.
- Representing Pinterest in multiple lawsuits concerning the applicability of DMCA safe harbors.
- Representing TikTok in a putative data privacy class action regarding tracking technologies.
- Represented YouTube in a putative class action alleging copyright infringement and improper removal of copyright management information (CMI) under 17 U.S.C. § 1202, defeating class certification, which ultimately resulted in plaintiffs dismissing their claims on the eve of trial.
Qifan also maintains an active pro bono practice. He has represented digital rights groups in cases exploring the intersection of technology, free speech, and surveillance, and has helped refugees and low-income residents obtain asylum or citizenship.
During law school, Qifan served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for the Honorable John G. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was also the co-president of the Columbia Society for Law, Science and Technology and a legal intern for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Qifan is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
- J.D., Columbia Law School, 2021
James Kent Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
- M.A., Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 2017
Phi Beta Kappa; Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
- B.A., English and International Studies, China Foreign Affairs University, 2015
- Bar of the District of Columbia
- State Bar of California
- J.D., Columbia Law School, 2021
James Kent Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
- M.A., Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 2017
Phi Beta Kappa; Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
- B.A., English and International Studies, China Foreign Affairs University, 2015
- Bar of the District of Columbia
- State Bar of California
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