Tokyo, Japan – Oct 18, 2002 – Nikon Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary located in Belmont, California, Nikon Precision Inc. (“Nikon”) have filed a patent infringement action against ASML Netherlands B.V., a Dutch corporation and ASM Lithography, Inc., a U.S. company (“ASML”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, asserting infringement...