Patent Laws That Allow the Inventor to Maintain Monopoly Rights

question 48

Multiple Choice

Patent laws that allow the inventor to maintain monopoly rights to an invention increase the price of the product and

• A) increase the profitability of inventive activities, thereby speeding up technological developments.
• B) increase the profitability of inventive activities, thereby slowing down technological developments.
• C) decrease the profitability of inventive activities, thereby speeding up technological developments.
• D) decrease the profitability of inventive activities, thereby slowing down technological developments.

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