Patent Laws Promote Technical Progress in All of the Following

question 212

Multiple Choice

Patent laws promote technical progress in all of the following ways except one.Which is the exception?

• A)They allow other firms to copy successful products as soon as they are marketed.
• B)They prevent duplication of inventions.
• C)They provide a stimulus to innovation.
• D)They provide the inventor with a temporary monopoly.
• E)They increase a firm's incentive to incur the up-front costs of developing new products.

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