2024 speakers
ROBERT KRAMER
PARTNER AT KRAMER ALBERTI LIM & TONKOVICH
Rob Kramer is nationally recognized as one of the most experienced and winning patent litigators in the country. He has been named by IP Law360 a “Legal Lion” for his lead counsel patent infringement jury trial victories. Lawdragon recently named Rob to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America for his work in Intellectual Property Litigation. He was also named to IAM 1000’s list of top patent litigators for year 2024, and was peer selected as a “Northern California Super Lawyer” in IP Litigation, reserved for the top 5% of attorneys nationally in 2024. Recently, he was also named to IAM 300’s prestigious national list of the top 300 IP strategists in 2024. Recently, Rob was named to California Daily Journal’s List of Top Plaintiff’s Attorneys of The Year for 2024, and he received a top national ranking in Patexia’s Report of Best Patent Litigators being named to the top 30 patent litigators in the country.
Recently, Rob was lead counsel for plaintiff winning a $172.6 million jury verdict of willful infringement against Micro Focus Corp., a Hewlett-Packard spin-off company that acquired HP’s software business. This resounding victory was the largest jury verdict in the history of the Sherman Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Rob was likewise lead trial counsel winning two major jury trials in the widely followed Finisar litigation, one of the largest patent infringement cases in the country between competitor optical networking companies. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Kramer’s client in two trials, and within two hours of his closing argument in the second of these heavily fought jury trials.
Recently, Rob was lead counsel for plaintiff winning a $172.6 million jury verdict of willful infringement against Micro Focus Corp., a Hewlett-Packard spin-off company that acquired HP’s software business. This resounding victory was the largest jury verdict in the history of the Sherman Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Rob was likewise lead trial counsel winning two major jury trials in the widely followed Finisar litigation, one of the largest patent infringement cases in the country between competitor optical networking companies. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Kramer’s client in two trials, and within two hours of his closing argument in the second of these heavily fought jury trials.