Professional Experience

John Boyd has been practicing intellectual property law for over 15 years and is registered before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

John has worked as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at publicly traded high-tech companies in the biotechnology industry (IGEN International, Inc. and Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC), the semiconductor industry (ATMI, Inc.), and at law firms in New York, NY, most recently at Winston & Strawn. Before entering private practice, John worked at the US Patent and Trademark Office examining patent applications for inventions relating to high temperature oxide superconductors, coatings, ceramics, pigments, piezoelectric materials and dental compositions.

John has worked and advised on a myriad of intellectual property issues including:  

• Developing strategies for and managing large patent portfolios including patent application drafting and prosecution and conducting IP audits
• Negotiating and drafting complex corporate, commercial, technology and intellectual property agreements including license, joint development, collaboration, technology services, asset purchase, and other agreements
• Managing various types of domestic and international patent litigation and negotiating favorable settlements
• Advising on merger and acquisition transactions including conducting due diligence relating to intellectual property issues

John has advised several startups on intellectual property issues including how to strategically protect IP assets in a cost effective manner.

For more comprehensive information on John’s patent and technical expertise, click for a list of several of the patents and patent publications he has drafted and/or prosecuted to allowance. 

John is the sole inventor on five granted U.S. Patents and an co-inventor on several patent applications.  John recently sold two groups of patent assets, one relating to targeted advertising and the other relating to online events and location-based networking. He also recently successfully litigated breach of contract claims against two companies in an American Arbitration Association hearing, resulting in a damage award and other compensatory relief. 

John is also the founder of MeetingWave.com, which helps users arrange targeted networking meetings with new people including new clients, customers or business contacts.