ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM FEATURED IN WIPO PATHFINDER REPORT ON AI AND IP
June 2025—Associate Dean Daryl Lim was featured in the "World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Pathfinders in AI and IP" report, a global initiative by WIPO that highlights leading voices shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) governance.
The "WIPO Pathfinders in AI and IP" report synthesizes insights from over 45 interviews with thought leaders across sectors to explore how intellectual property systems could evolve by 2034. It utilizes a PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental) framework to outline the critical forces that will shape IP-driven innovation. It presents scenarios and priority actions aimed at ensuring IP frameworks remain effective and equitable in the digital age.
WIPO is a specialized United Nations agency and a premier global forum for IP services and policy. The "WIPO Pathfinders in AI and IP" report gathers insights from a select group of international experts across academia, government, civil society, and industry. It may be found by clicking here.
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.
Professor Lim is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on national and global trends in IP and competition policy and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps policymakers, attorneys, corporate counsel, scholars, and the public understand the world around them. 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 in the US IP Alliance.
In December 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. In 2023, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics” and 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 the consultative group advising the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. In 2025, he received the IP Professor of the Year Award at the Global Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence & Technology Conclave & Awards.