(Last Word) "Patent Trolls

question 101

Multiple Choice

(Last Word) "Patent trolls"

• A)block firms from acquiring patents on intellectual property.
• B)buy up patents in order to collect royalties and sue other companies.
• C)legally challenge new patent applications in an effort to extract rents.
• D)promote innovation by keeping firms from having a stranglehold on intellectual property.

Understand the differences between incompetency to stand trial and insanity as legal concepts.

Identify the outcomes and implications of pleading “not guilty by reason of insanity.”

Learn about the societal and legal perspectives on mental illness and violence.

Understand the concepts of drive theory and how it relates to motivation.

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