Robert Kramer

Robert Kramer is a highly experienced patent litigator with a career spanning over three decades, currently a Partner at Kramer Alberti Lim & Tonkovich, also known as Kramer LLP. He was previously a national chair of the patent litigation practice at Dentons from 2012 to 2019, and a full equity partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP. His firm, Kramer LLP, specializes in patent litigation within U.S. District Courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

Kramer's practice focuses heavily on technology areas, including electronics, circuitry, computer science, and complex software and hardware disputes. He also possesses expertise in standard essential patents (SEP) and FRAND licensing. While his authoritative case data shows one plaintiff-side appearance, his broader professional profile indicates a significant and highly successful track record representing inventors, universities, and technology companies in enforcing their patents, as well as defending against infringement claims. He has been recognized as a "Top Plaintiff's Attorney of The Year" by the California Daily Journal.

Among his notable achievements, Kramer secured a $172.6 million jury verdict for a plaintiff client against Micro Focus Corp. for willful infringement of software patents, marking the largest jury verdict in the history of the Sherman Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He also served as lead trial counsel in two significant jury trials in the Finisar litigation, involving optical networking companies, where verdicts were returned in favor of his client. While his practice emphasizes District Court and ITC proceedings, information regarding his regular appearance in PTAB/IPR proceedings is not reliably sourced.

Kramer commenced his legal career in New York, serving as a judicial extern for U.S. District Judge Kevin Duffy and a Judicial Law Clerk for Judge Richard Simons of the New York Court of Appeals. He subsequently relocated to Silicon Valley and is a peer-selected "Northern California Super Lawyer" in IP Litigation. He is admitted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and earned his law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law.