David Korn is vice president, intellectual property and law for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). He focuses on IP and related issues in Congress and at the US Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies, as well as amicus briefs in cases of interest to PhRMA. He has degrees in biomedical engineering from Duke and Northwestern and a JD from Harvard Law School. Prior to joining PhRMA, Korn worked in private practice and clerked in the US district court for the District of Delaware.