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Daryl Lim is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is also the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Founding Director of the Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Innovation Initiative. At the university level, he is a co-hire at the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences and an affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence.

He is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on IP and competition policy trends and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps stakeholders understand the world around them. He consults internationally on various IP and antitrust issues.

He has taught at the National University of Singapore, Fordham University School of Law, East China University of Political Science and Law, National Law School of India University, Universidad de los Andes, Peking University School of Transnational Law, and other institutions worldwide.

He is a founding member of the Global IP Alliance and its local chapters in Pennsylvania and Illinois. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the University Education Committee and on the Executive Committee of the US IP Alliance. In 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. He serves on the Members Consultative Group of the Restatement of the Law, Copyright. In 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics.” The IAM Strategy 300, a guide to the industry pioneers with “exceptional skill sets, as well as profound insights into the development, creation and management of IP value,” named him to its World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 list. In 2024, he was appointed to a consultative group advising the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence.

He is under contract with Oxford University Press for a new book titled Infringement in Intellectual Property Law and is co-editor of Inclusive Innovation, Big Data, And Artificial Intelligence. His publications feature, or are forthcoming, in leading flagship and specialty law reviews, including the Florida Law Review, the George Mason Law Review, the Emory Law Journal, the Stanford Technology Law Review, and the Berkley Technology Law Journal. Thomson Reuters (West) selected three of his articles as the best IP articles of the year in 2018, 2021, and 2022.

He has also contributed to practitioner-focused publications for the American Bar Association, Law360, IPWatchdog, IP Watch, and IP Magazine. In addition, legal publications, specialty blogs such as Patently-O, and mainstream media sources such as Forbes, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, the Capitol Forum, Slate, The Hill, The Daily Journal, RealClearPolicy, USA Today, and Sueddeutsche Dossier featured his views on current legal developments. In addition, he serves as a peer reviewer for the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (Oxford University Press), Cambridge University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Carolina Academic Press, Nature: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, and the International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law.

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NY | DC

Delighted to be back in New York and Washington, DC this week. Many thanks to Kenneth Min and his Practising Law Institute (PLI) team for inviting me to convene and host the Global IP Spotlight series. The upcoming episode on AI regulation and copyright will feature an outstanding panel consisting of Dr Stanley Lai, SC Lily Xue Dong Joshua G. Graubart Peter Yu and Matthias Leistner. I am also grateful to Hideaki Roy Umetsu Aruto Kagami Kohei Wachi of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto for their warm hospitality at their New York office and to Nahoko Ono for connecting us. Ono-sensei will be a panelist on an upcoming Global IP Spotlight episode focusing on Japan. It was wonderful to be back at Fordham University School of Law and reconnect with my former colleagues Darin Neely and Aisha Harper. Lastly but not least, I deeply appreciate Lisa Dunner's invitation to attend the inaugural Donald R. Dunner Memorial Lecture and reception at The George Washington University Law School. I remain grateful to Don for agreeing to serve as chair of the John Marshall Law School IP program's advisory board and Lisa as a board member. They provided much leadership, advice, and support during their tenure. Lisa and her sister Jennifer both earned their law degrees there. John Marshall is known today as the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. It was also a pleasure to catch up with Jenny Sue Dunner Joshua Sarnoff Patrick J. Coyne Nick Groombridge and Naja Cherry during my trip.

Antitrust Under Trump | Three Trends

In my comments to Sacha Sloan and The Capitol Forum, I predicted a shift in federal priorities under the Trump administration. We may see reduced tech merger scrutiny, more settlements, and fewer international regulatory collaborations. This would align with President Trump’s more isolationist stance, a focus on shielding U.S. tech from foreign regulation, and, I might add, a desire to buttress national champions competing with Chinese enterprises. https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/associate-dean-daryl-lim-tech-industry-anticipates-shift-regulatory-landscape-under-trump Penn State Dickinson Law

Competition Policy International | Notification and Permission-Based Approaches for Generative AI Platforms

I recently examined the regulatory frameworks governing generative AI platforms in the October 2024 issue of Competition Policy International’s TechREG Chronicle. My article compares the flexibility of the U.S.’s notification-based DMCA model with the EU’s permission-based AI Act. I suggest a hybrid regulatory approach to balance innovation with IP protection. It proposes a forward-looking solution to reconcile the needs of content creators and technological advancement. Penn State Dickinson Law https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/associate-dean-daryl-lim-explores-ai-copyright-challenges-cpi-techreg-chronicle

Exploring New Horizons | Penn State Dickinson Law Study Trip to Singapore

This week, I sat down with my Penn State Dickinson Law colleague, Toni Fitzgerald, to talk about the Dickinson Law delegation study trip to Singapore. It was a carefully crafted journey to bridge continents, spark meaningful dialogue, and explore future global legal education and practice pathways. Stay tuned for updates on Toni’s coverage, which will capture the experiences, highlights, and key takeaways of our time in Singapore. We’re excited to share this journey with you all, and we hope Toni's articles will inspire others to think globally and pursue bold, cross-border educational experiences.

Exploring the Frontier of IP and Technology Dispute Resolution | Highlights from the CIArb-IPOS Conference

Wolters Kluwer: International Arbitration & Mediation Blog recently published Lingeng Zhuang's splendid write-up on the IP and Technology Dispute Resolution conference that the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)) and Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) co-hosted. It includes an account of the AI panel I participated in with Gabriel Ong, Simon Chesterman, Amita Haylock, Jonathan Lim, and David Llewelyn. The conference also featured sessions with Justice Aedit Abdullah, Lord Justice Colin Birss, Yi-Jun Kang, FCIArb, Jean Ho, Michael Hwang S.C., Dr Stanley Lai, SC, Kevin Nash (on the rise of IP arbitration), Michael Peer, Jonathan Ellis, Richard Goh, Srividya Gopal, and Kathleen Paisley (on challenges to IP valuation), Sandy Widjaja, Ignacio de Castro, Wee Meng Chuan, Shaun Lee, FCIArb, and Jonathan Choo (on mediation of IP and technology disputes), Mark Lim, Lord Justice Birss, Ignacio de Castro, Chung Nian Lam, and Charlie Xie, PhD (on the complexities of resolving SEP and FRAND disputes). https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/associate-dean-daryl-lim-shares-insights-ciarb-ipos-conference-ip-and-technology-dispute-resolution https://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2024/10/25/exploring-the-frontier-of-ip-and-technology-dispute-resolution-highlights-from-the-ciarb-ipos-conference/

Profiles in Leadership | Simon Chesterman

Delighted to help bring together friends, colleagues, and partners from both sides of the Pacific for Penn State Dickinson Law's inaugural visit to Singapore. Grateful to our hosts for their warm hospitality and for sharing our belief that symbiosis and synergies rest on a foundation of friendship and trust knit together by a shared vision of simple, sincere, and sustained in-person conversations such as these. Danielle Conway Susan Jin Davis Kristen Wynn Stellfox, MPA, CFRE Tom Pease Jing He Brett Conway Tom Lee Lily Xue Dong Dr Stanley Lai, SC Daren Shiau, BBM, PBM Gloria Goh Jia Yi Toh (杜佳怡) Linda Shi (师沛凤)Mark Lim Sandy Widjaja Alfred Yip Kitt-Wai Kok Tan Wei Hao Hee-Eun Kim Meta Lihan Zhou Jeremy Lim Cheng He Jessie Tan Ellis See Zuraidah Mahat Dixon H. Simon Chesterman NUS College NUS Faculty of Law Andrew Simester Justin Tan Loy Wee Loon David Tan Tracey Evans Chan Xuanzhong Wang Jazeem Kaur Zee Kin Yeong Kenta Kusano Balasakher Shunmugam Mathangi Elangovan Singapore Academy of Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP GEN Law Firm Pey Woan Lee SMU Yong Pung How School of Law Chen Siyuan Edward Ti Heng WANG Han-Wei Liu Alvin Chee Melvyck Leong Ee Jin Liaw Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) IPOS International Ministry of Law, Singapore Lily Kong Allen & Gledhill LLP Mirxes Singapore International Arbitration Centre Maxwell Chambers Singapore Management University Edwin Tong SC Ambassador Rena Lee ICJ Campaign Elizabeth Chua Adriana Uson

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Notification and Permission-Based Approaches for Generative AI Platforms @DickinsonLaw @CompPolicyInt https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/associate-dean-daryl-lim-explores-ai-copyright-challenges-cpi-techreg-chronicle

Exploring New Horizons: Penn State @DickinsonLaw Delegation's Singapore Study Trip https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daryl-lim-344a0a9_this-week-i-sat-down-with-mypenn-state-activity-7262254929845600257-JrL0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Korea | Collaborating & Deepening Ties @DickinsonLaw https://lawdaryl.com/blog/korea-collaborating-deepening-ties/

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Capitol Forum | AI, Journalism, & Antitrust @DickinsonLaw https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/associate-dean-daryl-lim-quoted-capitol-forum

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