Staple goods are: Goods which can be used with the patented product. Goods which some use in commerce outside of a patented product. Goods which cannot be patented. Goods which are basic and fundamental such as concentrated frozen orange juice, coffee, and pork bellies (which are used to make bacon, such as you might find in a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich).

Because patent owners are granted a monopoly on their product they are free to use it any way they please. This statement is: TRUE, because that is at the very heart of the patent grant. TRUE, because the monopoly is only over novel and useful products and processes and is granted for only a limited time. FALSE, because a patented good can be tied to an unpatented good and thereby misused. FALSE, because the monopoly is only over novel and useful products and processes and is granted for only a limited time.

Which of the following is NOT a defense to patent infringement: The patent holder’s inequitable conduct. Laches. Employee-at-will doctrine. Estoppel.

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