Associate Dean Daryl Lim’s ‘Inclusive Innovation’ book receives scholarly review

CARLISLE, PA—H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships Daryl Lim’s recently published Oxford University Press book, Inclusive Innovation in the Age of AI and Big Data, co-edited with Professor Peter K. Yu, was the subject of an in-depth review on the Comparative Patent Remedies blog.

The review describes the volume as a “foundational text” that gives scholars, practitioners, and policymakers tools to design more equitable and inclusive innovation systems. The volume brings together 15 chapters examining how intellectual property law, artificial intelligence (AI), and innovation policy can better account for disparities in access, participation, and technological opportunity.

The review highlights Lim’s chapter, “Equitable Progress and the Regulation of AI,” which develops equitable progress as a framework for AI governance by bringing together principles of distributive justice, human capability, innovation incentives, and social equity. The book reflects Lim’s broader scholarship on AI governance, intellectual property, and the relationship between technological innovation and social welfare.

Inclusive Innovation in the Age of AI and Big Data was published by Oxford University Press in 2026 and is edited by Lim and Yu. The review was written by Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj, founding pro-vice chancellor of WPU GŌA and an author and editor of books on law and technology, and published by Minnesota Law School Professor Thomas F. Cotter on Comparative Patent Remedies, a scholarly blog devoted to the comparative law and economics of patent remedies. The review examines the book’s empirical, institutional, regulatory, and international dimensions and concludes that it makes an important contribution to scholarship and policy concerning AI, intellectual property, and inclusive innovation.

The book is published open access and is available to read online free of charge through Oxford University Press 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.