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EVAN R. CHESLER (pro hac vice) PETER T. BARBUR (pro hac vice) ELIZABETH L. GRAYER (pro hac vice) CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (212) 474-1000 Facsimile: (212) 474-3700 WILLIAM S. BOGGS (Bar No. 053013) BRIAN A. FOSTER (Bar No. 110413) TIMOTHY S. BLACKFORD (Bar No. 190900) DLA PIPER US LLP 401 B Street, Suite 1700 San Diego, CA 92101-4297 Telephone: (619) 699-2700 Facsimile: (619) 699-2701 Attorneys for Defendant QUALCOMM INCORPORATED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JESSE MEYER, an individual, on his own behalf and on behalf of all similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation, Defendant. Case No. 08cv0655-WQH (LSP) QUALCOMM INCORPORATED'S SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF RELATED CASE Judge: Hon. William Q. Hayes

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Defendant Qualcomm Incorporated ("Qualcomm") respectfully submits this supplemental notice of related case pursuant to Local Rule 40.1(e). On April 17, 2008, Qualcomm submitted a notice of related case regarding Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc., No. 05cv03350 (D.N.J.) ("3350"), then pending before Judge Cooper of the New Jersey District Court. (Dkt. No. 6.) On August 12, 2008, Judge Cooper granted Broadcom Corporation's motion to transfer the 3350 case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. A copy of Judge Cooper's memorandum opinion is attached as Exhibit A. Upon transfer, the 3350 case should be assigned to this Court as a related case under Local Rule 40.1. Under that rule, "[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." Local Rule 40.1(f). The 3350 case is "related" under any of these standards. The 3350 case--like the instant Meyer case--is an antitrust case against Qualcomm in which the plaintiffs assert claims under the Sherman Act and California's Unfair Competition Law. The 3350 and Meyer plaintiffs also assert the same primary theory of liability--namely, that Qualcomm has monopolized certain markets and charged supracompetitive royalties for wireless technology by deceiving a private standards-determining organization known as "ETSI" into choosing to incorporate Qualcomm's patented technology within a third-generation cellular standard called "UMTS." See Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc., 501 F.3d 297 (3d Cir. 2007). ///// ///// ///// ///// ///// ///// ///// -1WEST\21492328.1

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Given their factual and legal similarities, the 3350 and Meyer cases should be treated as "related" under Local Rule 40.1(f). Dated: August 13, 2008 DLA PIPER US LLP By /s/ William S. Boggs [email protected] CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP Evan R. Chesler Peter T. Barbur Elizabeth L. Grayer Attorneys for Defendant QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

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