Karl Bayer, Dispute Resolution Expert

Intellectual Property & High-Tech Conflicts

Austin, Texas has become one of the nation's centers of high-tech commerce, serving as home to huge hardware, software and internet companies. As new employees and companies stream into town, disputes are inevitable. Karl Bayer, with both a technical and a legal background, has helped people with high-tech disputes for years, and he continues to offer his blend of services to those who need a combination of technical understanding and legal experience.

Karl Bayer graduated from Rice University in 1971 with a degree in electrical engineering, cum laude. He went on to earn a masters degree in biomedical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completing his thesis on "The Length and Organization of Parallel Fibers of the Turtle Cerebellum" in 1973. After MIT, Mr. Bayer designed radar tracking and computer systems for a year before returning to Austin to begin law school, during which he worked full-time as an aide to an Austin member of the Texas Senate. Since law school, Karl Bayer has worked as an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency as well as for several law firms. Finally, in 1982, Mr. Bayer founded his own firm and began to focus on litigation and mediation. During his years as a trial lawyer, Karl Bayer has been sought-out by clients who need an attorney with both a practical understanding of the law and the technical background required to fully understand their problems. What's more, Mr. Bayer's experience lecturing other attorneys about high-tech legal issues for Continuing Legal Education programs reflects his ability to find a common ground between Austin's legal and technology communities.

Since 1985, Karl Bayer has written and lectured extensively about technical subjects such as governmental regulation of DNA, environmental law, toxic torts, and the use of technology in litigation. He has served as a special patent master in numerous federal court Markman hearings, and he has taken courses at the University of Texas in digital systems design and microbiology in order to stay up-to-date. Mr. Bayer is the member of the Intellectual Property sections of the State Bar of Texas and the American Bar Association. In October of 2001 he spoke about domain-name disputes (link to .pdf file) for the State Bar of Texas' Advanced High-Tech Litigation seminar, and on February 23, 2001, Karl gave a speech titled "Getting and Protecting Electronic Information" (link to .pdf file) at the South Texas College of Law's 10th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference in Houston. Please feel free to download a copy of Mr. Bayer's current c.v. (link is to .pdf file). Finally, Karl has struggled with the intricacies of HTML coding and website design in the production and maintenance of this website.