Sure, but having to do so is pretty much inevitable. At best, Uber was fighting a short-term delaying action with a blatantly untenable interpretation of what constitutes an autonomous vehicle (they've also repeatedly contradicted it with their marketing, press coverage and releases, and even Levandowski's own emails from the article). Eventually, they'd have lost and had to file anyhow. All they accomplished was guaranteeing that Uber filings will likely receive additional attention in the future.

It's Don Quixote, tilting at windmills. My only question is if there's a Sancho Panza at Uber to take note.