Robert M. Breetz (Robby)

Robby Breetz is a patent litigator who brings hands-on engineering experience and deep technical fluency to intellectual property disputes. His practice spans patent infringement litigation, appeals, arbitration, and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proceedings; and he draws on a background in electrical engineering to present complex technical issues with clarity and precision.

Robby has represented major technology and medical device companies, including NXP Semiconductor, Qualcomm, Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. His matters have included patent infringement actions in federal district courts and before the International Trade Commission (ITC), appeals before the Federal Circuit, and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the USPTO. He also has litigated trade secret claims in district court. This breadth of experience allows him to advise clients at every stage of a patent dispute, from initial filing through final appeal.

Before joining Jones Day, Robby worked as a process and controls engineer at Procter & Gamble, and he subsequently served as a patent agent at a boutique prosecution firm, concentrating on advances in semiconductor design and fabrication, cellular communications, power electronics, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices.