Everett Fruit Products Co. v. Hoffman

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• concluding that the prevailing party determination should be a matter of Federal Circuit law to promote uniformity in the patent law context, but that regional circuit law governed the review of a district court’s decision to award costs
• determining that a single definition of prevailing party in patent cases promotes uniformity
• determining party who has a competitor’s patent declared invalid satisfies the prevailing party test, despite not receiving any of the monetary damages claimed
• deposition transcripts were necessarily obtained for case because at times they were taken “deponents were potential trial witnesses”
• the plaintiff was the prevailing party when the adverse patent was invalidated, although federal and state law claims were lost and no damages were awarded
• deposition transcripts were necessarily obtained for case because at times they were taken \deponents were potential trial witnesses\

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