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ROBERT S. BREWER, JR. (SBN 65294) JAMES S. MCNEILL (SBN 201663) MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP 750 B Street, Suite 3300 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: (619) 595-5400 Facsimile: (619) 595-5450 MARK D. SELWYN (SBN 244180) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 1117 California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 Telephone: (650) 858-6000 Facsimile: (650) 858-6100 Attorneys for Plaintiff BROADCOM CORPORATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA BROADCOM CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, Defendant. Case No. 08 CV 01607 JAH (JMA) NOTICE OF RELATED CASE Judge: John A. Houston Ctrm: 11

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Plaintiff BROADCOM Corporation ("Broadcom") respectfully submits this notice of related cases pursuant to Civil Local Rule 40.1(e). On August 12, 2008, Judge Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ordered this case transferred to the Southern District of California. The matter was docketed in this District on September 3, 2008, assigned to the Hon. John A. Houston. There are currently two related cases, as defined by Civil Local Rule 40.1(e), pending in this District and assigned to the Hon. William Q. Hayes: - Meyer v. Qualcomm Inc., No. 3:08-cv-00655-WQH-LSP, filed Apr. 10, 2008 - Valikhani v. Qualcomm Inc., et al., No. 3:08-cv-00786-WQH-JMA, filed Apr. 30, 2008 Under Civil Local Rule 40.1(f), "[a]n action or proceeding is related to another action or proceeding where both of them: (1) Involve some of the same parties and are based on the same or similar claims, or (2) Involve the same property, transaction, or event, or (3) Involve substantially the same facts and the same questions of law." CivLR 40.1(e). The Meyer and Valikhani cases are "related" under all three of these standards. Qualcomm agrees, having filed a similar Notice of Related Case in both Meyer and Valikhani months ago,1 and filing a Notice of Related Case in this matter on September 4, 2008. See Docket No. 197. As Qualcomm correctly explains, like this case, Meyer and Valikhani are antitrust cases against Qualcomm in which the plaintiffs, on behalf of alleged classes, assert substantially the same causes of action and grounds for liability as Broadcom does here. In all three cases, there are claims alleged under the Sherman Act, along with the same state law claims under California's Unfair Competition Law, Business & Professions Code § 17200 et seq. The three cases also assert similar theories of liability related to Qualcomm's conduct before a standard setting organization known as ETSI. See, Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm, Inc., 501 F.3d 297 (3d

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Cir. 2007). These factual and legal similarities meet the requirements for notice as related cases under Civil Local Rule 40.1(e). Moreover, because of the substantial overlap among this case, Meyer and Valikhani, there are efficiencies to be gained by deeming the cases "related" and transferring this case to Judge Hayes pursuant to Civil Local Rules 40.1(d), (e) & (h). Dated: September 5, 2008 MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP By: s/James S. McNeill James S. McNeill

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BROADCOM CORPORATION V. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED United States District Court Case No. 08-CV-1607 JAH (JMA) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, James S. McNeill, certify that I caused to be served upon the following counsel and parties of record a copy of the following document(s): · NOTICE OF RELATED CASE via personal service, overnight mail (VIA UPS), facsimile, first class mail or e-mail, as indicated below: William J. O'Shaughnessy, Esq. McCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP Four Gateway Center 100 Mulberry Street Newark, NJ 07102-4056 Via U.S. Mail Peter T. Barbur, Esq. Karl Huth, Esq. CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP Worldwide Plaza 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 Via U.S. Mail Thomas E. Kuhnle, Esq. BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 1900 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2223 Steven J. Kaiser, Esq. CLEARY, GOTTLEIB, STEIN & HAMILTON 200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Via U.S. Mail Steven M. Strauss, Esq. Martin S. Schenker, Esq. John S. Kyle, Esq. Samantha M. Everett, Esq. COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 4401 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121 Via U.S. Mail

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Martin S. Schenker, Esq. COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 101 California Street, 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Via U.S. Mail Executed on September 5, 2008, in San Diego, California.

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