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Legal Environment 5th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson
Edition 5ISBN: 978-1133587491Legal Environment 5th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson
Edition 5ISBN: 978-1133587491 Exercise 12
Faber-Castell began manufacturing pencils in 1761. Although pencils and erasers had both existed for some time, the company did not begin putting erasers on the ends of its pencils until the 1870s. The company was sued by an inventor who had previously patented this idea. The case went to the Supreme Court. Who won the case?
A) The patent holder, because no one had ever put an eraser on a pencil before.
B) The patent holder, because the PTO had approved his patent.
C) Faber-Castell, because the pencil with an eraser was not novel.
D) Faber-Castell, because the pencil with an eraser was not useful.
A) The patent holder, because no one had ever put an eraser on a pencil before.
B) The patent holder, because the PTO had approved his patent.
C) Faber-Castell, because the pencil with an eraser was not novel.
D) Faber-Castell, because the pencil with an eraser was not useful.
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Legal Environment 5th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson
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