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Is Nilay Patel (the author) a lawyer?

No? Then why are we reading this?

He is, actually:

From his LinkedIn profile:

* Managing Editor at Engadget

* Managing Editor at AOL

Past:

* Contributing Editor for Transmission at Gapers Block Media, LLC

* Attorney at Agency 68

* Associate at Saper Law

And his specialty was copyright and trademark law.

Great. So why isn't this prominently stated in the article?