Daryl Lim

Background

About Daryl Lim

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 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 was appointed to its Research Council in 2025. He is also an affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence. He is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on IP and competition policy trends and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps stakeholders understand the world around them. He consults internationally on various IP and antitrust issues. 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 and on the Executive Committee of the US IP Alliance. He started the Practicing Law Institute’s Global IP Spotlight series and the Penn State Dickinson Law Profiles in Leadership series and serves as moderator for both. In 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. He serves on the Members Consultative Group of the Restatement of the Law, Copyright. In 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics.” 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 a 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. Website: https://lawdaryl.com