Rachel Scanlon v. County of Los Angeles

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• approving use of four-part test set out in Panduit Corp. v. Stahlin Bros. Fibre Works, 575 F.2d 1152, 1156 (6th Cir.1978)
• “[t]he disposi-tive determination at trial ... was whether or not there was an acceptable substitute on the market.”
• the burden is “most formidable when the parties asserting invalidity relies upon pri- or art” that was considered by the PTO
• “§ 285 held to include lawyer’s fees for time spent on the issue of attorney fees ...” (citation omitted)
• “[W]e interpret attorney fees [under § 285] to include those sums that the prevailing party 7 incurs in the preparation for and performance of legal services related to the suit.”
• “[W]e 5 interpret attorney fees [under § 285] to include those sums that the prevailing party incurs in the 6 preparation for and performance of legal services related to the suit.”

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