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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by coldtea on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:06AM (#18120185)
>Goodness yes, everybody knows that a mere engineer can never be a clever lawyer.

Sure, an engineer can be a lawyer (there's no law of physics against it). But it's also much less often than this happens than an engineer NOT being a lawyer. That's the parent's argument, not that it's impossible.

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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by apendleton on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:44PM (#18123308)
Well, sure, but most engineers don't regularly submit patent challenges. This engineer is not typical.
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