Karl Kramer is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Mr. Kramer’s practice concentrates on complex commercial litigation and trials, with a particular focus on intellectual property matters, including patent litigation and negotiations for high-technology clients. He has handled cases for clients in a broad range of technology industries, including computers, networking and semiconductors. Mr. Kramer has represented numerous corporations in intellectual property disputes and trials, including Altera, EchoStar, Denon Electronics, Fujitsu, Sanyo Electric, Synaptics and Toshiba. Mr. Kramer has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in district courts throughout the U.S. and before the International Trade Commission.

Mr. Kramer is routinely listed in San Francisco Magazine as one of Northern California’s Super Lawyers in Intellectual Property Litigation and is listed in Best Lawyers in America 2012-2015. He is a member of the intellectual property sections of the American Bar Association and California Bar Association.

Mr. Kramer received his B.A., cum laude, from Lawrence University and his J.D., cum laude, 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.