Mr. Kramer is a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Litigation Department. His practice concentrates on complex commercial litigation and trials, with a particular focus on intellectual property matters, including patent and trade secret litigation for high-technology clients. He has handled cases for clients in a broad range of technology industries, including biotechnology, computers, networking, and semiconductors. Mr. Kramer has represented numerous corporations in intellectual property disputes and trials, including Altera Corporation, Fujitsu Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Chiron Corporation and Stanford University. Mr. Kramer has represented both plaintiffs and defendants.

Mr. Kramer received his B.A. degree, cum laude , in 1982 from Lawrence University and his J.D. degree, cum laude , in 1987 from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he served as Notes and Comments Editor of the Wisconsin Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He joined Morrison & Foerster in 1995 as a partner in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Mr. Kramer previously was a partner with the firm of Brown & Bain. He is a member of the intellectual property sections of the American Bar Association and California Bar Association. He is a frequent author and speaker on intellectual property issues, and was listed in the San Francisco Magazine as one of Northern California’s Super Lawyers in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2004.

Representative Matters

• CTI/UI v. Fujitsu, et al . Mr. Kramer defended Fujitsu Ltd and related entities in a patent infringement action brought in the ITC and United States District Court by the University of Illinois and Competitive Technologies, Inc.  The patents at issue related to circuitry used in flat-panel displays, such as plasma display panels.  The ITC complaint for patent infringement was terminated in Fujitsu’s favor just weeks before the scheduled trial.  After three years of further litigation, the United States District Court entered final judgement for Fujitsu. The case is on appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Altera Corp. v. Clear Logic . Mr. Kramer represented Altera Corporation in a maskwork and tortious interference action filed in 1999 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Clear Logic Inc.  After a two week jury trial before Judge James Ware, the jury found for Altera Corporation on all claims.  The case is currently on appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  
• Cybersource Corporation v. Retail Decisions, Inc. et al. . Mr. Kramer represents plaintiff Cybersource Corporation, a supplier of e-transaction technology and services, in a patent infringement case against Retail Decisions, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit involves patent claims for a method of detecting credit card fraud in Internet transactions.
• AVG v. Fujitsu Computer Systems, et al . Mr. Kramer represents Fujitsu Computer Systems in a patent action brought by AVG involving computer graphics technology in the Eastern District of Texas. The case is in discovery and a trial is scheduled for 2006.
• TiVo v. EchoStar, et al . Mr. Kramer represents EchoStar in a patent action brought by TiVo involving digital video recorders in the Eastern District of Texas. The case is in discovery and scheduled for trial in late 2005.
• TVI v. Fujitsu Computer Systems, et al . Mr. Kramer represents Fujitsu Computer Systems in a patent action brought by TVI relating to claims for computer systems utilizing “autoplay” features.
• Fujitsu Limited v. Samsung . Mr. Kramer represented Fujitsu in ITC litigation relating to memory devices. The case settled favorably for the complainant, Fujitsu, after trial.
• Atmel v. Sanyo . Mr. Kramer represented Sanyo in several ITC trials that resulted in favorable rulings. On appeal, a limited exclusion order issued that did not adversely interrupt any of Sanyo’s shipments into the United States.
• Stanford v. VisGen . Mr. Kramer represented Stanford University in a patent action against VisGen relating to methods of monitoring the clinical progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and its response to antiretroviral therapy. The case settled after the Court issued claim construction and summary judgment rulings in Stanford’s favor.
• Chiron v. Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Gilead Sciences, Eli Lilly and Co., and Vertex Pharmaceuticals . Mr. Kramer represented Chiron in an action for infringement of three patents relating to methods and compounds including the Hepititis C virus protease. The case settled after the patent claims were confirmed in reexamination by the United States Patent Office.
• Advanced Technical Resources, Inc. v. Kelly Services, Inc. . Mr. Kramer won a jury trial verdict for defendant Kelly Services in a state court action for trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition and tortious interference. The verdict was affirmed on appeal.