Judge Colleen Koflar-Kotelly oFederal District Courtrt in Washington, who has little background in either technology or antitrust law, has reserved judgment on the fundamental issue of how broad the scope of a remedy should be.
Noonan, for example, writes that the amicus brief "advocates a change in policy" whose authors "exhibit little evident background in science, technology, or patent law".
Next year, as part of a £1.9bn national cyber-security programme, the government will push hopefuls with no background in technology through an intensive 10-week cyber-security bootcamp.
Wellintech, which had openings for international sales representatives and software engineers, hoped to find candidates with at least five years experience and a background in technology.
"Because of my background in technology and having been in the world of graphics, I think there's something there that makes you more conscious, more aware of how people will react".
Working at IBM first, and now running his own merchant bank, Restoration Partners, Olisa has a background in technology, but much of his time is spent on tackling homelessness and social exclusion.
One Condé Nast executive said that Mr. Schutte's stewardship of The New Yorker was never intended as a long-term arrangement, and that the digital job was a better fit for him, with his extensive background in technology magazines and their Internet operations.
Mr. Ossenmacher, who has a background in technology and marketing, with several patents for fluorescent lighting and experience in social networking, said that his company has developed a process it calls an "atomic transaction" that can transfer files between users without copying.
