Legal Scholar: A patent for a software algorithm is legally enforceable only if the algorithm provides a novel technical solution. The newly granted patent for the 'Synapse' data-sorting algorithm clearly provides a novel technical solution, as evidenced by its unprecedented processing speed. Therefore, the 'Synapse' patent is guaranteed to be legally enforceable.
The reasoning in the legal scholar's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument does which one of the following?
- treats a condition that is required for a patent to be legally enforceable as a condition that guarantees its enforceabilityCevap
- Btreats a condition that is sufficient to establish a patent's enforceability as a requirement for its enforceability
- Cillicitly shifts the meaning of the phrase "novel technical solution" between the premise and the conclusion
- Dassumes that because a particular technical feature is present in a single algorithm, it must be present in all similar algorithms
- Epresumes that because two characteristics frequently occur together in patent applications, one must be the cause of the other
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The argument treats a condition that is required for a patent to be legally enforceable as a condition that guarantees its enforceability.
The argument explicitly states that a novel technical solution is required ('only if') for a patent to be enforceable. It then proves the 'Synapse' patent has a novel technical solution and concludes that it is 'guaranteed' to be enforceable. By assuming that meeting a minimum requirement ensures success, the author incorrectly treats a necessary condition as a sufficient condition.
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