Hosni Patents a New Type of Running Shoe

question 2

Multiple Choice

Hosni patents a new type of running shoe. Hosni and Iconic Shoe Company enter into a contract that allows the firm to make and market the shoe in exchange for royalty payments to Hosni 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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