Hosni Patents a New Type of Running Shoe

Hosni patents a new type of running shoe. Hosni and Iconic Shoe Company enter into a contract that allows the firm to make and market the shoe in exchange for royalty payments to Hosni that decrease after the patent expires. In a previous case, a similar agreement was held to be invalid. According to the dissent in Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment , LLC, stare decisis

A) means "sticking to some wrong decisions."
B) does not require retaining "baseless and damaging precedents."
C) promotes unpredictability and inconsistency in the business world.
D) permits parties to negotiate a licensing agreement that reflects the true value of a patent.