whatsupkevin

Bill publicly changed his mind on GMO this past March and became a supporter. He also announced he will rewrite a chapter in his book on GMO due to this. Yeah for science. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/11/bill-nye-gmos-changed-mind_n_7245092.html

That conclusion that Sawstop as the patent owner is the only one that can make such technology is not exactly right - competitors can pay a royalty to license the patent (the article itself cites Sawstop's offer of an 8% royalty rate), or invest in R&D to come up with a design around that works similarly but is not covered by the patent.

Patent owner's monopoly is literally in Article I, Sec. 8 of the US constitution, and has been a great policy tool to incentivize R&D. Doubt anyone would be interested in repealing this:

The Congress shall have power ... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

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Personally, do you believe there can be an option 4 where four out of the five demands are met, save for the last one asking for full immunity from prosecution of accused protesters?

And if not, why do you think full immunity is important, especially in view of the all people are equal before the law clause in the HK constitution?

How do you deal with the insane amount of copycat items from numerous unheard of brand names on Amazon? For example, if you search cordless vacuum, wiper blades, french press, USB charger, or even clothing/shoes of a particular design, numerous brands will pop up, among a couple known "name-brands." I understand that not all of the copycats are illegal, for example when a patent expires (e.g. Dyson cyclone, irobot roomba), anyone can exploit the same technology without licensing the patent.

I can't imagine if you can test them all. But if you don't, how do you choose which ones to test?