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Nikon Corporation v. Asml U.S., Inc.
707 F. App'x 476
| 9th Cir. | 2017
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*1 Before: GRABER and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and SIMON, [**] District Judge. *2 ASML U.S., Inc., timely appeals the district court’s order, in response to a request by Nikon Corporation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), requiring ASML U.S. to produce documents and other information. Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Four Pillars Enters. Co. v. Avery Dennison Corp., 308 F.3d 1075, 1078 (9th Cir. 2002), we affirm.

The statutory requirements for discovery indisputably are met. The district court carefully considered the factors described by the Supreme Court in Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 542 U.S. 241, 264 (2004). On this record, we cannot conclude that the court abused its "broad discretion" in ordering discovery limited to documents physically located within the United States. Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. v. FibroGen, Inc., 793 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2015). For example, even for the documents located both in the United States and abroad, the second Intel factor is met because Nikon’s experts stated, in unrebutted declarations, that the foreign tribunals would welcome the discoverable evidence. Similarly, we are unpersuaded that the discovery order imposes an undue burden on ASML U.S., the fourth Intel factor. Even if an alternative weighing of the factors were reasonable, the district court’s decision was not "(1) illogical, (2) implausible, or (3) without support in inferences that may be drawn from the facts in the record." Mujica v. AirScan Inc., 771 F.3d 580, 589 (9th Cir. 2014) (internal *3 quotation marks omitted). Moreover, no bright-line rule exists in the statute, Supreme Court law, or our precedents—and we decline to create one—to the effect that discovery must be denied for the sole reason that the same items are found in another country.

AFFIRMED.

[*] This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. * * The Honorable Michael H. Simon, United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation.

Case Details

Case Name: Nikon Corporation v. Asml U.S., Inc.
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date Published: Dec 12, 2017
Citation: 707 F. App'x 476
Docket Number: 17-16961
Court Abbreviation: 9th Cir.
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