Hal Patents a New Type of Running Shoe

question 3

Multiple Choice

Hal patents a new type of running shoe. Hal and Iconic Shoe Company enter into a contract that allows the firm to make and market the shoe in exchange for royalty payments to Hal that decrease after the patent expires. In a previous case, a similar agreement was held to be invalid. According to the dissent in Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, stare decisis​

• A) ​means "sticking to some wrong decisions."
• B) ​does not require retaining "baseless and damaging precedents."
• C) ​promotes unpredictability and inconsistency in the business world.
• D) ​permits parties to negotiate a licensing agreement that reflects the true value of a patent.

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