Associate Dean Daryl Lim interviewed by IPR Daily on AI and IP governance

CARLISLE, Pa.—Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships Daryl Lim was recently interviewed by IPR Daily, a leading global intellectual property media platform, on emerging challenges in intellectual property (IP) and artificial intelligence (A) governance. The interview was conducted during the 2025 Business of Intellectual Property Asia (BIP Asia) conference and published on IPR Daily’s Chinese-language platform.

During the interview, Lim discusses interdisciplinary legal training, the evolving relationship between intellectual property and antitrust law, responsible AI governance, data commercialization, and cross-border regulatory coordination. He spoke about how legal systems can balance innovation incentives, competition, privacy, and fairness in the age of generative AI.

IPR Daily is a leading international intellectual property media and research platform, with nearly 1 million readers worldwide, including policymakers, judges, practitioners, academics, and corporate IP leaders across Asia, Europe, and North America. The interview was conducted by Li Meng, head of international business at IPR Daily, and published in December 2025 following the Business of Intellectual Property Asia (BIP Asia) conference. The full interview is available on IPR Daily’s Chinese-language website 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 & Strategic Partnerships 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.