Patents Have Been Defended by Some on the Grounds That

question 15

Multiple Choice

Patents have been defended by some on the grounds that they stimulate inventive activity.Others have argued for changes in current patent laws because:

• A) resources are misallocated by the grant of a patent monopoly
• B) patents may not be necessary to encourage inventive activity
• C) the current patent monopoly period (17 years)is too short to encourage any inventive activity.
• D) a and b only
• E) all of the above

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