Qifan Huang is an associate in Wilson Sonsini's Palo Alto office, where his practice centers on internet strategy and litigation.

Qifan litigates the questions defining the next era of internet law, from disputes over generative AI training and output to platform liability and the scope of online safe harbors. He pairs that experience with regular counseling on privacy, web crawling, and music licensing, helping technology companies navigate risk before disputes arise. Representative matters include:

• Defending Google in multiple ongoing lawsuits over generative AI training and output, as well as claims challenging Google’s content, privacy, and advertising practices
• Securing wins for Pinterest in a series of litigations testing the scope of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbors and copyright management information (CMI) claims
• Defeating class certification for YouTube in a putative copyright class action involving alleged infringement and CMI removal—a result that led plaintiffs to dismiss their claims on the eve of trial
• Defending TikTok in a putative data privacy class action concerning online tracking technologies

Qifan maintains an active pro bono practice, representing digital rights organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Free Law Project, and providing direct representation to underserved individuals through local legal services organizations.

Before joining the firm, Qifan served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable John G. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. At Columbia Law School, he was co-president of the Columbia Society for Law, Science and Technology and a legal intern at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Qifan is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.