Patents Encourage Inventions Because Without a Patent

question 93

Multiple Choice

Patents encourage inventions because without a patent

• A) all markets would be monopoly franchises.
• B) the inventor would receive no tax breaks.
• C) nobody would demand the inventor's product.
• D) other firms could enter the inventor's market by producing the same product.

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