Louisa Weix

Practice Areas

Louisa focuses on Technology, Media, Privacy, and Cyber claims. She is frequently instructed on significant, high-profile claims. TW's cyber practice includes first party incidents involving business interruption, data loss, ransomware, and malware and third party claims such as regulatory proceedings and class actions. Louisa has particular expertise in Adtech and Martech claims including class actions based on use of pixels, SDKs, and session replay technology and copyright infringement claims arising out of social media marketing activities. She has expertise in intellectual property claims including trademark, trade dress, copyright, and patent and is a patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She has handled some of the largest software implementation claims and other technology services matters involving significant exposures.

Career

Louisa worked as an instrumentation specialist in the United States, Europe, and Japan prior to becoming a lawyer. She began her legal career at insurance powerhouse Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft (now Duane Morris) before moving to Paul Hastings’ intellectual property litigation group where she worked on significant and cross border IP disputes. She returned to insurance joining Clyde & Co working on Technology, Media, and Cyber claims handling high profile technology claims and some of the earliest wrongful collection cyber claims. Drawing on this expertise, Louisa and Ray formed TittmannWeix and built a team of outstanding claims professionals by fostering and advancing professional development, encouraging the questioning of the status quo, harnessing technology, and embracing innovation.

Professional Memberships

Louisa is a member of PLUS, IAPP, CLM Alliance, and the Executive Committee Insurance Section of the SF Bar Association.

Publications

Presentations:

Guest, Cyber Security & Insurance Leaders, Episode 7, Silent Crypto Risks (2023).

Moderator, “It was an Accident! Significant California decisions discussing the definition of Occurrence", BASF (January 2023)

Quoted in:

“T-Mobile Data Breach Win Paves Path for Cyber Insurance Disputes” Bloomberg News (December 2022)

"Greenwashing Claims Likely to Kick-start Coverage Battles" Law 360 (March 2022)

“Pandemic, Cyberattacks Fuel Demand For Insurance Attys” Law 360 (September 2021)

“Insurance Coverage Issues Presented by the Opioid Epidemic” DRI (October 2019)

Significant Legal Decisions:

Media Tech v. Upper Deck, 2008 WL 6023808 (C.D.Cal. 2008); affirmed 596 F.3d 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (finding all asserted patent claims invalid).

BP Chemicals Ltd. v. Jiangsu Sopo Corp., 429 F. Supp. 2d 1179, 1189 (E.D. Mo. 2006) (Paris Convention did not create a cause of action for misappropriation of trade secrets under the Lanham Act).

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. v. Semiconductor Mfg. Int'l Corp., 2004 WL 5212448, (N.D. Cal. Apr. 21, 2004) (Paris Convention did not create substantive trade secret misappropriation rights that can be enforced through an action under § 44 of the Lanham Act).

Personal

Louisa competed on the United States Rugby Team from 1993-1996 and in the 1995 World Cup. She played on National Championship Teams in 1992-1994 and 1996 and for the Richmond Rugby Club in London in 1995. She has many fond memories of the Sun.

Education