Associate Dean Daryl Lim nominated for Antitrust Writing Award for generative AI article

CARLISLE, Pa.—Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships Daryl Lim has been nominated for the 2026 Antitrust Writing Awards for his co-authored article, “The Antitrust-Copyright Interface in the Age of Generative AI,” written with Professor Peter K. Yu of Texas A&M University. The article was selected from more than 400 submissions worldwide.

It examines how antitrust and copyright law intersect in the governance of generative artificial intelligence (AI), addressing issues such as market power, access to training data, licensing, and the competitive implications of copyright enforcement. This work builds on Professor Lim’s broader research agenda on antitrust, intellectual property, and emerging technologies and directly informs his teaching in antitrust and intellectual property law, as well as his engagement with policymakers, regulators, and international academic audiences.

The Antitrust Writing Awards, organized by Concurrences, are widely regarded as one of the most prestigious international honors in competition law and economics. The awards are adjudicated by a global Board and Academic Steering Committee comprising leading scholars and senior officials from institutions such as the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and major universities across North America, Europe, and Asia. Each year, the awards recognize scholarly works that demonstrate originality, rigor, and a meaningful contribution to competition advocacy and policy.

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.