Boyd, Felicia J.

Felicia Boyd is a Chambers ranked litigator with extensive experience as a leader in complex IP disputes involving patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress both in and out of court spanning a diverse array of industries, including financial and investment services, medical devices (such as pacemakers, heart valves, defibrillators and synchronization devices), software, music, pharmaceuticals and manufactured goods. She has obtained several victories as a litigator over more than three decades of practice have included preliminary injunction motions, summary judgment motions, favorable settlements and jury verdicts at trial.

Felicia has significant experience including complex case management and the coordination of global discovery efforts. She effectively designs and implements litigation strategy consistent with client objectives. She possesses exceptional oral and written communication skills with ability to distill even the most complex challenges, issues and technologies down to critical points and action items, regardless of role as an advocate, arbitrator or mediator. Additionally, Felicia advises on Markman strategy, briefing and argument, and the selection and development of all experts.

Notably, Felicia also serves as an arbitrator and mediator. She is a fellow of the CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), and is a member of LCIA (The London Court of International Arbitration), ArbitralWomen and the complex commercial litigation panel and the consumer litigation panel of the American Arbitration Association. She manages global trademark portfolios for clients in various industries including nearly three decades of work for a Fortune 50 financial institution and excels in her ability as an arbitrator and mediator, possessing hard-earned people skills and the capacity to see beyond adversity. Felicia provides strategic counseling and contract drafting and analysis for licensing, acquisitions, transfers, trademark clearance, and patent validity and infringement assessments. She is an advocate excelling in the distillation of even the most complex challenges, issues and technologies into critical points and action items.

Felicia is admitted to the State Bar of Minnesota, US Patent and Trademark Office, US District Court for the District of Minnesota, US District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.