Chelsea A. Loughran

Chelsea Loughran assists the firm in the areas of trademark, trade dress, patent, and copyright litigation.

Representative Matters

Lead Associate representing The Jackson Laboratory in patent litigation on transgenic mice. In connection with the Markman hearing, Chelsea provided the Court with a technology tutorial on relevant concepts in immunology, genetics and mouse nomenclature. She then successfully argued claim construction for one of the patents-in-suit, securing Jackson’s requested constructions on key disputed claim terms. Subsequently, in May 2010, Chelsea argued and won Jackson’s summary judgment motion, obtaining a ruling from the Court that Jackson does not infringe the plaintiff’s patent.
Member of trial team representing Plaintiff Cordance Corporation against Amazon.com in patent infringement suit relating to one-click purchasing technology. Chelsea assisted in drafting summary judgment briefing and in pre-trial preparation including preparation of damages expert witness testimony. She is currently the lead associate handling Cordance’s pending appellate briefing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Successfully represented six pro bono clients referred from the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association in their unemployment compensation appeals.

Previous Experience

Chelsea interned with Wolf Greenfield during law school. Her other co-op internships included a judicial internship for the Honorable Margaret Hinkle and an internship with the Office of General Counsel at Partner’s HealthCare System, where she assisted with drafting IP licensing agreements and developing hospital research conflict of interest policies.

Chelsea was awarded funding by the Northeastern University Alumni Association to do a co-operative internship at the AIDS Law Project in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she completed legal and public health research on access to essential medicines as well as the development of South African national infection control guidelines.

While completing her Masters at Tufts University, Chelsea did research for the Institute of Technology Assessment at Massachusetts General Hospital, looking at the behavioral effects of policy changes in the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplant Network.

Professional and Civic Activities

Association for University Technology Managers (AUTM)

Boston Bar Association

Member, Volunteer Lawyers’ Project

Boston Patent Law Association

Co-chair, Pro Bono Committee

Massachusetts American Civil Liberties Union

Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association

Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association

Member, Family Law Project

Honors and Awards

Chelsea has been awarded the Volunteer Attorney Award Winner for Winter, 2013 by the Women’s Bar Foundation’s Family Law Project.

Chelsea has been named an “Up and Coming Lawyer” for 2013 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

Also Noteworthy

Chelsea was a contributing researcher for the Public Health Advocacy Institute’s publication, A Guide for Plaintiffs’ Attorneys: Using Findings and Resources from USA v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al. in Future Claims Against Big Tobacco.

While at Brown University, Chelsea was a member of the 2002 ECAC Championship Women’s Ice Hockey Team.