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About Dan
Equity Partner | IP licensing & enforcement; trade secrets; patent litigation; cybersecurity & data protection; corporate & commercial crime
Dan He is an equity partner in Huanqiu Law Firm's Wuhan office whose practice sits at the intersection of intellectual property, technology disputes, cybersecurity and data protection, and corporate or commercial crime. His public profile identifies him as both a lawyer and patent agent and describes particular strength in technical intellectual property disputes, especially trade-secret and patent litigation.
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His public record is unusually strong for a Wuhan technology-law profile because it combines civil enforcement with criminal and compliance dimensions. Huanqiu states that he has handled difficult cross-border trade-secret cases involving both civil and criminal elements and that some of his matters have been selected as guiding or typical cases by courts or intellectual property authorities. The official profile also lists publications on patent infringement, enterprise IP compliance, technology-contract disputes and trade-secret compliance.
This mix is highly relevant to Wuhan's technology and manufacturing economy. Trade-secret disputes often arise when engineers, technical managers or suppliers move between companies. The employer may suspect that source code, process parameters, formulas, drawings or customer-specific technical data have been copied. The legal challenge is not simply to show that information is valuable. Under the revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the rights holder needs to identify the trade secret, show that it was not public, demonstrate commercial value and prove corresponding confidentiality measures.
He's practice in corporate and commercial crime adds an important dimension. Serious trade-secret disputes can involve both civil claims and criminal investigation. A company may want urgent civil preservation while also considering a criminal report. The two strategies need to be coordinated because factual descriptions, damage calculations, forensic evidence and witness statements should remain consistent across proceedings.
Patent litigation is another core part of his profile. A technology company may need to decide whether a dispute should be framed as patent infringement, trade-secret misappropriation, breach of technical contract or unfair competition. These claims use different evidence and remedies. A patent case may require claim construction and technical comparison, while a trade-secret case requires proof of secrecy measures and access. Counsel with patent-agent credentials can work more closely with technical experts and R&D teams.
The cybersecurity and data-protection element is also important because evidence in technology disputes is often digital. Source repositories, cloud accounts, access logs, USB activity and employee communications may need to be preserved. A company investigating a suspected employee must conduct evidence collection in a way that also respects personal-information and cybersecurity obligations. Uncontrolled imaging or transfer of employee data can create separate legal risk.
His public publications show a sustained focus on enterprise trade-secret compliance rather than only litigation after theft has occurred. For corporate clients, this preventive dimension is valuable. The strongest trade-secret case is built before the employee leaves: the company has a secret register, role-based access controls, confidentiality obligations, supplier controls, exit procedures and reliable logs showing who accessed what.
For investors and acquirers, He's experience is also relevant during technology due diligence. A target may claim valuable proprietary know-how but have no evidence of ownership or secrecy. A buyer should test whether the target could actually enforce its claimed trade secrets, whether key technology originated with former employers or research institutions, and whether current employees or contractors have signed appropriate assignments.
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