Andrew David Wilson

Andrew David Wilson — Baker Botts LLP (Washington, DC)

Focus areas. Mr. Wilson's practice centers on high-tech patent litigation, with a stated emphasis on software — open-source/proprietary licensing disputes, cloud-hosted and SaaS products, distributed software, and machine-learning/AI systems — as well as software-related subject matter generally. The matters listed on his Baker Botts profile reflect a broader electronics docket: streaming and video-compression technology (DISH/Sling matters; Realtime Adaptive Streaming; Unified Patents v. GE Video Compression), firmware and wireless access points (Ubiquiti Networks v. Cambium Networks), data storage and compression (Data Scape v. Teradata; Realtime Data v. Teradata), flash memory, toner cartridges, consumer appliances (Hamilton Beach), SEO technology (BrightEdge v. Searchmetrics), and online gaming/iGaming (the DraftKings matters). He has venue experience in district courts, the PTAB, the ITC, and CBP's exclusion-order enforcement process. He worked as a software engineer for roughly five years before law practice.

Side preference. The tracked record is entirely defense-side: all three appearances are for DraftKings/DK Crown Holdings as defendant (0 plaintiff, 3 defendant), consistent with a practice that primarily defends operating companies, including against NPE/PAE plaintiffs (Realtime Adaptive Streaming, Realtime Data, Data Scape). His broader docket is mixed but still defense-weighted — he has also acted as IPR petitioner for operating companies (ARRIS/CommScope, Teradata, Hamilton Beach, Unified Patents) and for patent owners in PTAB proceedings (DISH entities), and appears on the complainant side in ITC investigations for DISH/Sling. No NPE/PAE-side representation appears in the available record.

Notable matters and outcomes. In the AG 18/Arrow Gaming v. DraftKings dispute (D.N.J. No. 2:21-cv-15737), DraftKings filed IPRs against five Arrow Gaming gaming-localization patents; the PTAB instituted all and, in March 2024 final written decisions, found every claim asserted in the litigation unpatentable, and the district case was stayed. On appeal, Mr. Wilson was part of the Baker Botts team on both Federal Circuit matters: AG 18, LLC v. DK Crown Holdings Inc., No. 24-1821 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 15, 2026) (Rule 36 summary affirmance favoring his client) and DK Crown Holdings Inc. v. AG 18, LLC, No. 24-2078 (Fed. Cir. May 6, 2026) (nonprecedential; affirmed the PTAB's refusal to consider a new invalidity ground raised in a reply footnote, leaving claim 18 of the '205 patent unpatentable-proof — an adverse outcome for DraftKings). He was also on the Baker Botts team for DISH/Sling in the ITC fitness-device investigation (337-TA-1265), which produced exclusion and cease-and-desist orders and a reported $75 million licensing settlement with Peloton.

PTAB/IPR experience. Yes — he appears regularly in PTAB proceedings, including as backup counsel in IPRs (e.g., ARRIS Solutions v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming, IPR2019-01222), as counsel for patent owners in Dish-related IPRs (e.g., IPR2024-00940 and the fuboTV IPRs, where he appeared at a Board conference call), and in the DraftKings/AG 18 IPR appeals. His tracked roles are supporting rather than lead (backup counsel, counsel on the brief, appellate counsel).

Bar/education. Registered patent attorney (USPTO Reg. No. 74,093); admitted in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and to the Federal and D.C. Circuit and D. Colo.; J.D., George Washington University Law School (2013), M.S. in Computer Science, GWU (2010), B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Delaware (2007). Baker Botts is the only firm appearing in the tracked record; no earlier firm history was found in public sources.