Melody A. Kramer – FreelanceLaw, Inc.

Adrenaline and its effects is the crushing elephant in the room of every courthouse across the country. Lawyers strung out on adrenaline are crowding our courtrooms with lawsuits that never end, disputes that never get…more

Plaintiff, a San Diego-based research and development company, have been attempting to litigation patent infringement cases against a number of defendants for several years in USDC Southern California. Due to an ongoing ex…more

Just this week the news has been circulating about the unsuccessful attempts of Fronterion LLC who bills itself as an “independent outsourcing advisory” to survey large US law firms about their use of legal outsourcing…more

The United States District Court for Southern California is allowing this patent infringement case to proceed on a single claim that is not subject to an ongoing patent reexamination. (see prior uploaded document on this…more

Plaintiff patent-holder seeks leave to proceed with a single claim of a patent while other claims of the patent are involved in ex parte reexamination proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office…more

Plaintiff patent holder requests reconsideration of a stay order continuing stay of 18 infringement suits for another year after 2+ year stays pending reexamination of the subject patent by the USPTO. The motion…more

Plaintiff patent-holder seeks leave to proceed with a single claim of a patent while other claims of the patent are involved in ex parte reexamination proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office…more

A stay is immoderate and unlawful “unless so framed in its inception that its force will be spent within reasonable limits” and “once those limits have been reached, the fetters should fall off.” Landis v. No. American Co., 299…more

This evening I attended my very first “tweet-up”*.... attended by a collection of wonderful people involved with the legal profession in one way or another....these people were interested in positive relationships with other…more

It seems that corporate America continues to be run by people who are just as sexist and out-of-touch as those who argued that women should not be allowed to vote, who seem to think that women cannot both raise children and be…more

Billable hours have become a vicious task master hanging over lawyers’ heads, discouraging efficiency. Corporate clients, in particular, are choosing “pedigree” and "prestige" of their lawyers over “quality” in legal services…more

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Opposition to patent infringement defendant's motion for stay pending patent reexamination. Pleading addresses fact that patent reexaminations typically take much longer than USPTO statistics indicate…more

Decision granting patent holder client's Rule 12 motion for dismissal of a declaratory relief action based upon lack of personal jurisdiction. The Court determined that infringement notices and related contacts with forum…more

Ms. Kramer defended non-parties accused of violating the confidentiality provision of a settlement agreement to which they were not parties, an agreement that had been inadvertently left in the court file…more