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PSDL-UTS | Faculty Scholarship Exchange

I am pleased to share a new partnership between Penn State Dickinson Law and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), establishing a reciprocal virtual faculty scholarship exchange.

The initiative grew out of conversations with UTS Interim Dean Isabella Alexander during my visit to Sydney in August. I am grateful to Interim Dean Sarah J. Williams for her support.

Our aim is to create a sustained forum for faculty to share research, engage with scholars working in different legal systems, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

We are delighted to welcome UTS Associate Dean Marcelle Burns for the inaugural presentation on November 9, with Professor Ramona Vijeyarasa also participating in a future session.

On the Penn State Dickinson Law side, I am especially pleased that my colleagues Shaakirrah R. Sanders, Jeffrey A. Dodge, and Lucy Johnston-Walsh will be sharing their scholarship.

International partnerships are most valuable when they move beyond individual visits and become enduring intellectual relationships. The virtual format makes it possible to sustain those conversations across continents.

For Penn State Dickinson Law, this is another opportunity to combine the strengths of our faculty community with the global reach of Penn State.

I look forward to seeing the relationships and research collaborations that emerge from this exchange.

https://www.psu.edu/news/dickinson-law/story/penn-state-dickinson-law-enters-reciprocal-virtual-faculty-scholarship-exchange

October 20, 2026 by Daryl Lim

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Building Global Connections | Hamburg & Beijing

My recent visits to Hamburg and Beijing were a chance to contribute to international conversations on AI and intellectual property, and to build relationships that benefit Penn State Dickinson Law.

In Hamburg, I spoke at the Bucerius Law School IP Center’s “Data In, Inventions Out?” symposium about AI-assisted invention, then joined a panel at the AIPPI World Congress on human creation with AI. In Beijing, I participated in the Seventh University of California, Berkeley – School of Law– Tsinghua University Conference, where we examined copyright and AI training in an increasingly fragmented legal landscape.

The conversations beyond the panels were just as valuable. I met with Renmin University of China Law Dean Yang Dong and senior university leaders. I also continued discussions with colleagues at Tsinghua University, the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and Berkeley Law.

Meetings with senior executives at Dolby Laboratories and ByteDance brought an industry perspective to these discussions. I also valued exchanges with judges, senior World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO officials, and colleagues in IP publishing.

On the practice side, I met with BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT and KUHNEN & WACKER IP Law Firm, and continued conversations with Fangda Partners and GEN Law Firm. It was equally good to connect with colleagues from Licks Attorneys, King & Wood Mallesons, and ANAND AND ANAND.

Through Dickinson Law’s Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Initiative, we are developing international internship opportunities for our students, including with firms in Germany, China, and India. We are also exploring opportunities for closer academic and professional collaboration.

The trip also offered a chance to reconnect with colleagues involved in the 2027 Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference, which we co-organize with the Emily C. and John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School.

My thanks to everyone who shared their time and ideas. The most rewarding part of these visits is seeing how conversations abroad can open doors for our community at home.

October 19, 2026 by Daryl Lim

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Profiles in Leadership | Alex Yang

In the latest episode of Penn State Dickinson Law’s Profiles in Leadership, I speak with Alexandra (Pu) Yang, a partner at Fangda Partners and one of China’s leading intellectual property lawyers.

Drawing on her experience arguing more than 50 cases before China’s Supreme People’s Court, Alexandra offers valuable perspectives on the evolution of IP litigation in China, differences in legal practice across jurisdictions, and the challenges of leading and developing high-performing legal teams. Our conversation also explores the personal experiences, mentors, and values that have shaped her leadership approach.

October 8, 2026 by Daryl Lim

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A Full Week in Carlisle

A full and rewarding week in Carlisle, capped by Penn State Dickinson Law’s Alumni Weekend.

It was great to spend time with alumni, students, faculty, and staff, including members of the Class of 1976 celebrating their 50th reunion. A highlight was seeing our Dean’s Fellows present tokens to the class. It was a lovely moment between current students and alumni returning to Carlisle fifty years after graduation. Following her remarks, Interim Dean Sarah J. Williams invited staff and faculty to stand and be recognized. Great to see Medha Makhlouf | Lucy Johnston-Walsh | Katherine Pearson | Michele Vollmer | Samantha Prince | Toni Fitzgerald | Amy Shively | Josh Trego | Jessica Seretti | Justin Kulp | Kimberly Plummer

The days leading up to Alumni Weekend brought some good conversations as well. In my Information Privacy Law class, I was delighted to welcome Bo Kim, Head of Legal, Global Regulatory Strategy at TikTok. Bo and I first met when we both spoke at Seoul National University’s Seoul AI Policy Conference this summer, so it was especially satisfying to bring that connection into the classroom. His perspective gave our students a practical sense of how privacy law, technology, regulation, and business decisions come together.

Our students asked thoughtful questions and made the most of the opportunity to engage directly with someone working on these issues every day. I’m looking forward to continuing those conversations this week when Cameron Russell of Mastercard joins us to discuss European privacy law.

I also enjoyed catching up over lunch with longtime colleagues Bill Barker and Jeffrey A. Dodge, and spending time with Katherine Pearson, her sister Margaret, Karlisma Souders, and many others. Kar, our Director of Business Services, has a wide-ranging role in the day-to-day life of our Carlisle location. Her dedication is evident in so much of what happens here, including the work behind events like Alumni Weekend.

A very good week in Carlisle, with plenty of time to catch up with colleagues, students, alumni, and friends.

October 4, 2026 by Daryl Lim

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Penn State | Capital Group

Delighted to join colleagues from across Penn State for a meeting of the new Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) Capital Group, bringing together faculty from Penn State Harrisburg, the Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Dickinson Law, and ICDS.

The initiative strengthens collaboration across our campuses by connecting expertise, research infrastructure, and external partnerships around AI and data science. It creates new pathways for interdisciplinary research, competitive grant proposals, curriculum innovation, student engagement, and deeper partnerships with industry. Dickinson Law brings complementary strengths in law, policy, and governance alongside work in computing, health, engineering, and other fields.

This is the kind of cross-disciplinary collaboration that can expand both the reach and impact of Penn State research across the Commonwealth.

It was also my first visit to Penn State Harrisburg’s beautiful campus. I was moved to see the student-organized memorial, with flags planted across campus to remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

September 15, 2026 by Daryl Lim

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Bloomberg News | Lathan & Watkins AI Strategy

Latham & Watkins’ decision to build its own AI infrastructure points to a more interesting question than whether law firms should own GPUs. I shared my views on Latham’s AI strategy with Eric Killelea and Roy Strom for their excellent Bloomberg Law article.

https://lnkd.in/g8YeAZfH

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September 13, 2026 by Daryl Lim

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Penn State | Singapore Delegation Visit 2026

One of the pleasures of returning to Singapore is the chance to carry earlier conversations forward and introduce colleagues who bring new perspectives to them.

Our recent Penn State University delegation built on relationships developed over previous visits, exploring how we can work together in ways that benefit students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Meetings with universities, legal institutions, law firms, and industry partners covered student internships and exchanges, collaborative research and teaching, professional education, and the changes AI is bringing to legal practice. Traveling with colleagues from across Penn State helped connect these discussions with expertise and interests beyond the law school.

For Penn State Dickinson Law, these relationships help connect our teaching and scholarship with international practice. For the wider University, they offer avenues for collaboration across law, AI, data science, and business. The conversations were richer because colleagues could ask different questions and recognize possibilities outside their own fields.

I was particularly glad to gather with Penn State alumni and friends in Singapore. Our alumni are an important part of this work, bringing their experience, local knowledge, and relationships to the conversation. It was a pleasure to hear their stories and spend time together.

The hospitality throughout the week meant a great deal: the care that went into arranging our visits, the openness of our discussions, and the welcome around so many tables.

I have thanked our hosts and counterparts individually in the comments. I am grateful for the time and thought they shared with us.

We returned with friendships renewed, new colleagues to work with, and a clear priority: following through on these conversations so that more of our Penn State community can take part.

September 6, 2026 by Daryl Lim

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Book Review | Inclusive Innovation in the Age of AI and Big Data

Grateful to see ‘Inclusive Innovation in the Age of AI and Big Data’ described as a “foundational text” in an in-depth scholarly review by Ashish Bharadwaj, published by Tom Cotter on Comparative Patent Remedies.

When Peter Yu and I began developing this volume, we wanted to bring together scholars working across law, economics, policy, data, and technology to consider how we might ensure that innovation expands opportunity rather than reinforcing existing divides.

The review notes the book’s effort to move beyond diagnosing disparities toward thinking concretely about institutions, incentives, governance, and the conditions needed for more inclusive innovation systems. Delighted to see the contributors’ collective work recognized.

My thanks to each of them, and to PETER DANIELL | Charlotte Kershaw at Oxford University Press for working with us to make the book a reality.

Singapore | IP Week, Singapore Convention Week & More

One week in Singapore brought together an unusually rich intersection of intellectual property, AI, universities, government, courts, dispute resolution, industry, and international business.

IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Academic Colloquium: joined scholars from across the region for discussions about IP, trade, technology, and innovation. Irene Calboli Althaf Marsoof Bernard Ong Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) Miranda Risang Ayu Palar, S.H., LL.M., Ph.D. Palar Yangzi Li Huijuan Peng

NUS Faculty of Law: “IP in Asia: How Reliable IP Rights Foster Innovation, Economic Growth, and Global Competitiveness” roundtable Sandy Widjaja David Kappos Urška Petrovčič Burton Ong Sipim Wiwatwattana, Brian Prastyo Mary Allison Dellosa @Szu-Yuan Wang Chih-Chieh Yang Phan Ngoc Gia Bao Trang Nguyen Huijuan Peng Toshifumi Futamata Piergiuseppe Pusceddu Becky Fraser Collette Rawnsley Irene Calboli Ruben Duran

Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) Singapore Convention Week signature event: Crystal Tan, Daniel Choo （朱灿堃）Eunice Chua Kevin Kwek Mariam (Maka) Gotsiridze Wei-Chieh Soo Wooi Tyng Tan

Global Forum on IP: Mark Gray Anita Huss-Ekerhult Olivia Koentjoro Jing He Dr Stanley Lai, SC Nigel King Loo Fang Hui (卢芳晖) Saw Cheng Lim

For Penn State, a week like this goes well beyond any individual conference or meeting. International relationships become most valuable when they create opportunities for others: joint research, visiting scholars and speakers, student opportunities, institutional partnerships, comparative teaching, professional programming, and connections with policymakers, courts, industry, and the profession.

Singapore is an especially important place for building those relationships. Few jurisdictions bring together sophisticated legal institutions, world-class universities, policymakers, global technology companies, dispute-resolution institutions, and an ambitious innovation ecosystem in such close proximity.

For Penn State Dickinson Law and the wider Penn State University, that creates opportunities to connect our strengths in AI, intellectual property, innovation, data, technology policy, and interdisciplinary research with partners confronting many of the same questions from different institutional and regional perspectives.

Grateful to the many colleagues and friends who made the week so stimulating, productive, and enjoyable.

August 30, 2026 by Daryl Lim

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Sydney | IPSANZ & Meetings with UNSW, UTS, FCA, Allens, G+T, 5W and more

A productive week in Australia, anchored by the IPSANZ – The Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. Annual Conference and a series of conversations that I hope will continue to strengthen connections across the region.

At IPSANZ, I participated in two sessions on intellectual property, technology, and AI, building on relationships developed through the Hansen IP Institute at Fordham and exchanging perspectives with judges, academics, practitioners, and other leaders in the IP community. Many thanks to IPSANZ President Ian Horak KC and his team for the invite. The conference was also part of a broader week of relationship-building, including opportunities for exchange at Melbourne Law School’s Francis Gurry Lecture featuring incoming Master of the Rolls Sir Colin Birss.

[Watch my recent Penn State Dickinson Law Profiles in Leadership interview with Lord Justice Birss here: https://lnkd.in/gjUGtJQZ]

Australia is grappling with many of the same questions that occupy us at in the U.S. around AI, innovation, competition, and technology governance, but sometimes with different doctrinal, cultural, and institutional starting points. Those comparative perspectives sharpen our own thinking and can feed directly into research and teaching.

Just as importantly, sustained international relationships can create opportunities for faculty collaboration, visiting speakers, comparative research, student engagement, and institutional partnerships. They also help ensure that Penn State is not simply observing international conversations about the future of law and technology, but contributing to them.

That exchange runs both ways. I returned with new perspectives and ideas, and had the opportunity to share some of the work taking place at Penn State Dickinson Law and across Penn State University with colleagues in Australia.

Many thanks to IPSANZ and to the many colleagues who were so generous with their time, ideas, and hospitality. I look forward to continuing these conversations.

August 30, 2026 by Daryl Lim