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OCR: in finding that the copyright action was 10u brought in bad faith nor did it abuse its discretion following Ninth Circuit precedent and denying [petitioner's] motion for attortevs fees. SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT The language of Section 505. ponsuoo ir light of this Court's fee-shifting decisions. suoddns the Ninth Circuit' standard. Although this has not had oecasion consider Section 505 tn particular, has considered several fee- shifting provisions with identical language Christiansburg Gorment Co EEOC 434 U.S 412 (1978} this Court. construing the identically worded fee shifting provision in Title vII + the Civil Rights AC of 1964. held that district court in its discretion award attorey fees prevailing defendant only 'upon finding that the plaintiff's action was frivolous. unreasonable, 10 wit ...