Breton (Bret) is a well-known intellectual property trial attorney who, as one of the co-chairs of Thelen's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group, specializes in patent, trademark, copyright, cyber-piracy, trade secret, and unfair competition litigation. Bret is a recognized authority in patent litigation. He has established a number of important precedents in patent and other areas of IP law, which have been reported in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, over a dozen legal treatises, law journals, and law school textbooks. He is a noted author and lecturer on intellectual property litigation strategy and trial tactics, and has also been featured by CNN Headline News as one of the country's leading experts in Internet piracy.