Lauren J. Dreyer

Lauren J. Dreyer is a Partner at Baker Botts L.L.P., specializing in high-stakes intellectual property litigation, with a particular focus on patent matters across U.S. district courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Her practice encompasses a wide array of technologies, including telecommunications, consumer electronics, medical devices, and other software and electronics-focused areas. While her tracked appearances show one plaintiff-side and one defendant-side role, both as "of counsel" for DISH entities, her overall practice demonstrates a strong emphasis on defending operating companies and Fortune 500 clients. She was elected to partner at Baker Botts in February 2022, having previously clerked for the Honorable Raymond T. Chen of the Federal Circuit.

Her notable representations include successfully defending AT&T against claims related to voice-over-IP communications, securing a final judgment of patent ineligibility under Section 101. She was also part of the team that secured a significant victory for DISH Network, reversing a nearly $470 million patent infringement jury verdict in ClearPlay, Inc. v. DISH Network LLC by obtaining a judgment as a matter of law finding no infringement. Furthermore, Ms. Dreyer helped secure a finding of exceptionality and an award of almost $1.5 million in attorneys' fees for DISH in Dragon Intellectual Property v. DISH. Her experience also extends to representing DISH in ITC disputes, resulting in exclusion and cease and desist orders against infringing fitness devices and streaming components from companies like Peloton and iFit.

Ms. Dreyer possesses robust experience in PTAB trials and has an active appellate practice before the Federal Circuit, where she has been counsel of record in dozens of patent appeals and frequently argues. Her involvement includes cases that originated from IPR proceedings, such as the Sling TV L.L.C. v. Uniloc 2017 LLC matter, where Baker Botts successfully challenged patent validity at the PTAB and on appeal. The firm, including Ms. Dreyer, also represents DISH Technologies LLC in various IPR challenges brought by Aylo Freesites Ltd., concerning adaptive bitrate streaming technology. The tracked cases, DISH DBS Corporation et al. v. Comcentric, Inc. (plaintiff) and Aylo Freesites Ltd. v. DISH Technologies LLC (defendant), both highlight her work for DISH entities in complex intellectual property disputes.

She earned her J.D., with honors, from George Washington University Law School in 2011, where she was an editor for the Federal Circuit Bar Journal, and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.