Associate Dean Daryl Lim moderates at China-U.S. IP Dialogue

CARLISLE—Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and associate dean for research and strategic partnerships at Penn State Dickinson Law, will participate in the 2026 China-U.S. Intellectual Property Dialogue, being held July 13–14, 2026, in Beijing, China. The dialogue brings together leading academic, judicial, government, and professional voices from China and the United States to discuss major developments in intellectual property law and global innovation governance.

Lim will moderate a session on standard-essential patents and global licensing, a topic closely connected to his scholarship and teaching on intellectual property (IP), antitrust, technology law, and global innovation policy. Penn State Dickinson Law is a co-organizer of the dialogue, which builds on last year’s program co-organized with Renmin University of China Law School and China University of Political Science and Law and reflects the Law School’s continuing engagement with leading Chinese institutions on emerging issues in intellectual property and technology regulation.

The 2026 China-U.S. Intellectual Property Dialogue is hosted by Renmin University of China Law School and co-organized by the Intellectual Property Law Association of China Law Society and China University of Political Science and Law. The program will address frontier issues including artificial intelligence, the digital economy, standard-essential patents, pharmaceutical innovation, technology transfer, and international coordination of intellectual property protection.

Speakers and participants include senior judges, former government officials, law firm leaders, industry representatives, and scholars from institutions including Harvard Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Tsinghua University Law School, the University of Virginia School of Law, Renmin University of China, and China University of Political Science and Law. The program also includes visits to the Supreme People’s Court, the Ministry of Commerce, Xiaomi, and ByteDance.

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.