Charles Duan
Senior Fellow
Bio
Charles Duan is a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation. He an assistant professor at American University Washington College of Law. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell Tech, a researcher at the University of Colorado, and a patent attorney at Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear.
His research focuses on the public effects of technology policy and intellectual property law, primarily patents and copyrights. Among other things, this has included studies on intellectual property and regulation, software copyrights and social media, patent eligibility and medical research, computer trespass law and competition policy, and copyright in texts of the law.
In addition to his research, he has represented nonprofits, scholars, and others through over 150 amicus curiae briefs and administrative comments that have been cited by the Supreme Court, D.C. Circuit, Ninth Circuit, and other courts.
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