ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM PUBLISHES NEW ARTICLE IN AKRON LAW REVIEW ON AI GOVERNANCE
February 2025 — Akron Law Review published Associate Dean Daryl Lim’s article, “Governing Generative AI.” The article explores the transformative impact of generative AI on creativity, copyright, and global regulatory frameworks and offers a comparative analysis of U.S., European, and Asian approaches to AI governance. Addressing critical issues such as authorship, infringement, and governance models, Associate Dean Lim provides a forward-looking perspective on balancing innovation with legal protections for creators. As AI-generated content continues to challenge traditional legal doctrines, this article serves as a resource for policymakers, legal scholars, and industry leaders navigating the evolving AI landscape.
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.