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ASML soon to take Nikon, Canon to European Court, says report
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AMSTERDAM --- Lithography equipment company ASML Holding NV, is preparing to take its two main competitors, Canon Inc. and Nikon Corp. to the European Court, according to Dow Jones Business News reporting on a story in the Dutch daily newspaper Het Financieele Dagblag, Monday (December 9, 2002).

Dow Jones said the paper cites a "highly-placed EU source," in reporting that ASML will start legal action against both companies for allegedly trying to keep the Dutch company out of their home Japanese market.

The report raises the possibility that the Japanese government has been involved in trying to block ASML's entry into the Japanese market.

Nikon and ASML are already deeply embroiled in legal battles with patent and anti-trust disputes involving them in legal battles in the U.S., Japan and Korea. Dow Jones is now reporting an account that says ASML is preparing to broaden the conflict to yet another legal jurisdiction and to include Canon.

Nikon recently intensified its legal battle with ASML by filing patent infringement charges against ASML in the U.S. (see October 18 story).

Nikon had already filed separate complaints against ASML with the U.S. International Trade Commission and in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in December last year. And in October Nikon filed suits in the Tokyo District Court in Japan and in the Seoul District Court in Korea.

ASML has denied the validity of Nikon's patents and filed separate antitrust and patent infringement claims in the U.S. in April. ASML then filed a suit in Japan in Tokyo District Court charging Nikon with infringing an ASML patent related to a wafer handler in August.






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