Allowing Firms to Receive Patents on New Inventions

question 121

Multiple Choice

Allowing firms to receive patents on new inventions

• A) increases the price consumers pay for patented products.
• B) gives firms a greater incentive to conduct research and development to invent new products.
• C) results in much lower prices than would be present if other firms were allowed to compete.
• D) does both a and b, but not c.

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