Opinion ID: 565192
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Heading: Prejudgment Interest During Stay

Text: 42 Rudkin-Wiley contends that the district court erred as a matter of law in denying prejudgment interest for the period of time between May 27, 1977 and June 17, 1981 when the proceedings were stayed. We do not agree that error was committed. The proceedings were stayed upon the agreement of both parties, but Rudkin-Wiley originally requested the stay. The court's decision is fully in keeping with General Motors Corp. v. Devex Corp., 461 U.S. 648, 657, 103 S.Ct. 2058, 2063, 76 L.Ed.2d 211, 217 USPQ 1185, 1189 (1983), in which the Supreme Court held that [t]here may be other circumstances in which it may be appropriate not to award prejudgment interest besides the circumstance where the patent owner was responsible for undue delay in prosecuting the lawsuit.