Nexon Korea Corporation v. Ironmace Co. Ltd.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 22 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NEXON KOREA CORPORATION, a No. 23-35600 Korean Corporation, D.C. No. 2:23-cv-00576-TL Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

IRONMACE CO. LTD., a Korean corporation; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Tana Lin, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 8, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: FRIEDLAND, MENDOZA, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Nexon Korea Corporation (“Nexon”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of

this case on forum non conveniens grounds. Nexon sued Ironmace and two of

Nexon’s former employees, Terence Seunghua Park and Ju-Hyun Choi, for

copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation. According to the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. complaint, after leaving Nexon, the defendants produced and distributed a video

game…