ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DISCOVERY SHOULD NOT BE ORDERED PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1782

Re: Dkt. No. 1

SUSAN VAN KEULEN, Magistrate Judge.

The Court has reviewed Nikon Corporation's ("Nikon")1 application for an order to show cause before this Court why an order should not be issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 permitting Nikon to compel production of documents pursuant to subpoena,2 to be issued by Nikon's attorneys and served upon GlobalFoundries. ECF 1. Having considered the application and in the interest of efficiency, the Court issues an order to show cause why Nikon's application should not be granted at a hearing on July 11, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 6 on the 4th Floor of the San Jose Courthouse, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California. Nikon shall complete service of both its application and this Order by June 15, 2017. Nikon shall file a proof of service with the court by June 16, 2017.

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, this Court may order discovery for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal. 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a). Pursuant to the statute, a party in the foreign litigation may seek such discovery by filing an ex parte application. Id. In such an instance, the court would grant or deny the application after considering the relevant factors listed below. If the court grants the application, the responding party would then be able to object to the issued discovery requests, and the parties may return to court on a discovery motion such as a motion to compel or motion to quash in order to resolve the dispute. In order to avoid the inevitable subsequent motions and to allow the Court to make a decision on a more complete record, the Court orders GlobalFoundries to show cause as described below in response to Nikon's application.

Preliminarily, the Court orders GlobalFoundries to file any opposition to Nikon's application under Section 1782. There are three statutory prerequisites for discovery pursuant to Section 1782 to be granted: (1) the person from whom discovery is sought must reside or be found in the district of the district court where the application is made; (2) the discovery must be for use in a proceeding before a foreign tribunal; and (3) the application must be made by the foreign tribunal or "any interested person." 28 U.S.C. § 1782.

However, simply because a court has the authority under Section 1782 to grant an application does not mean that it is required to do so. See Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, 542 U.S. 241, 264 (2004). The Supreme Court has identified several factors that a court should take into consideration in ruling on a Section 1782 request:

In re Chevron Corp., No. M-19-111, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47034, at *16 (S.D.N.Y. May 10, 2010); see also Intel, 542 U.S. at 264-65.

GlobalFoundries's opposition should address both the Section 1782 statutory factors and the Intel factors. GlobalFoundries shall file its opposition, if any, by June 28, 2017. Nikon may file its reply by July 3, 2017.

The Court also orders the parties to meet and confer on the validity and scope of the U.S. Subpoena under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties shall submit a joint letter brief that, for each disputed request, sets forth side-by-side each party's position including any proposed compromise. The parties shall submit the joint letter brief by June 30, 2017.

In addition, the parties shall meet and confer regarding a protective order. Should the parties require the Court's assistance regarding a protective order, the parties shall submit their respective proposed protective orders redlined against the Court's model protective order by July 7, 2017.

SO ORDERED.