Attorney Profiles

Michelle Breit specializes in complex business litigation with an emphasis in intellectual property law. She has extensive experience in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and other technology-related litigation. Ms. Breit represents parties in matters concerning employment agreements, including non-disclosure, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements. Ms. Breit also counsels companies, including start-ups, in intellectual property protection and technology licensing.

Before relocating to Arizona from California, Ms. Breit was a partner in the Silicon Valley intellectual property law firm of Skjerven Morrill MacPherson Franklin & Friel and served as Special Counsel to Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati.

Ms. Breit was awarded a B.A. with Provosts Honors from the University of California, San Diego. After graduating with a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Ms. Breit clerked and served as a staff attorney for the Supreme Court of California, Central Staff.

Ms. Breit is licensed to practice in Arizona and California.

Representative Intellectual Property Litigation Experience:

Realtime Data, LLC v. Packeteer, Inc. et al., U.S. District Court, E.D. Texas (represented manufacturer of hardware data compression cards in patent litigation involving data compression hardware and software patents.)

Comtech EF Data v. Radyne Corporation, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (represented manufacturer of satellite communications products in patent litigation involving RF converter technology.)

Zha v. MBL of America, Inc., et al., U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (represented audio equipment manufacturer in copyright litigation involving use of photograph in advertising.)

Samsung Electronics v. Northern Telecom, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland (represented Samsung in patent litigation involving Northern Telecom's semiconductor manufacturing processes.)

Suzuki K.K. v. Tezuka K.K., U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles (represented Tezuka K.K. in copyright and trademark case involving internationally known cartoon characters.)

Advanced Micro Devices v. Intel Corp., U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, (represented AMD in action involving allegations against Intel for unfair competition, violation of the Lanham Act, and seeking declaration of patent invalidity and unenforceability; also defended AMD against Intel's counterclaim of inducing patent infringement.)

In re Certain Integrated Circuit Telecommunication Chips and Products Containing Same, Including Dialing Apparatus, U. S. International Trade Commission (represented United Microelectronics Corp. and Hualon Microelectronics Corp., manufacturers of telephone DTMF dialer chips, in action brought by SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, Inc.)