His research interests lie mainly in the law of intellectual property and he has published widely in both local and international journals, including the Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Business Law, Cambridge Law Journal, European Intellectual Property Review and International Journal of Law and Information Technology. He is also a member of the Advisory Panel and Senior Fellow at the IP Academy of Singapore, as well as the Director of the LL.M. Programme at SMU. Cheng Lim holds an LL.B. (Hons) degree from the National University of Singapore and an LL.M. degree from the University of Cambridge, England.