Which Statement Best Indicates How Inventors and Government Offices Were

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which statement best indicates how inventors and government offices were able to establish who was responsible for early developments in radio technology?

• A) Patents clearly indicate who invented what piece of technology first.
• B) Only Italians and Americans were interested in early broadcasting.
• C) Inventors respected other inventors out of a sense of professional courtesy.
• D) The early days of radio were heavily regulated, and therefore clearly documented, by government officials.
• E) Simultaneous and independent discoveries, along with competing claims for patents, often had inventors going to court over their inventions.

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Definitions:

Direct Investment

A form of investment where individuals or companies purchase a direct interest in a foreign firm or undertake a new venture in another country.

Potential Profits

The anticipated earnings that a business or investment may generate in the future.

Indirect Exporting

A method of entering a foreign market by selling products to an intermediary, who in turn sells the products to foreign customers.

Intellectual Property

Legal rights given to individuals or organizations over creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, and symbols.