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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

In the Matter of

Microsoft Corp., 

a corporation, and DOCKET NO. 9412

Activision Blizzard, Inc.,

a corporation, 

Respondents. 

AGREED MOTION OF NON-PARTY NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC.

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO MOVE TO LIMIT OR QUASH

OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO SUBPOENA

Non-party Nintendo of America Inc. (“NOA”) hereby moves pursuant to 16 C.F.R. 

§ 3.34(c) (“Rule 3.34(c)”) for a ten-day extension of time to February 16, 2023, to move to limit

or quash or otherwise respond to the subpoena served on NOA by Respondent Activision Corp. 

(“Activision”) on January 27, 2023 (the “Subpoena”). Activision agrees with the relief requested 

in this motion.

Activision served NOA with the Subpoena on January 27, 2023, with a response date of 

February 6, 2023. Pursuant to Rule 3.34(c), the deadline for NOA to move to limit or quash the

Subpoena is February 6, 2023. Negotiations between NOA and Activision as to the scope of 

NOA’s production and a discovery schedule are ongoing. NOA requests an extension of the

deadline for NOA to move to limit or quash or otherwise respond to the Subpoena so that NOA

and Activision can continue to negotiate and thereby eliminate or narrow any issues that need to 

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Pursuant to the January 4, 2023, Scheduling Order, Activision has several months, until

April 7, 2023, to complete fact discovery, and, therefore, NOA does not believe the requested

extension of ten (10) days will delay the progress of these proceedings.

Through correspondence with Activision counsel, NOA understands that Activision 

agrees with the relief requested in this motion. 

WHEREFORE, for good cause shown, NOA respectfully requests that Your Honor grant

the requested relief pursuant to 16 C.F.R. § 4.3(b).

Dated: February 6, 2023

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Leonard L. Gordon

Leonard. L. Gordon

Benjamin P. Argyle

Venable LLP 

1270 Avenue of the Americas, 24th Floor

New York, New York 10020 

(212) 307-5500

LLGordon@Venable.com

BPArgyle@Venable.com

Michael A. Munoz

Jay V. Prapaisilp

Venable LLP 

600 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001 

(202) 344-4000

MAMunoz@Venable.com

JVPrapaisilp@Venable.com

Counsel for Non-Party

Nintendo of America Inc.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

In the Matter of

Microsoft Corp., 

a corporation, and DOCKET NO. 9412

Activision Blizzard, Inc.,

a corporation, 

Respondents. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING AGREED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO MOVE TO LIMIT OR QUASH OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO SUBPOENA 

On February 6, 2023, non-party Nintendo of America Inc. (“NOA”) filed an Agreed

Motion for Extension of Time to Move to Limit or Quash or Otherwise Respond to a Subpoena

(“Motion”) served by Respondent Activision Blizzard, Inc. (“Activision”) on January 27, 2023. 

Under FTC Rule of Practice 3.34(c), any motion to limit or quash a subpoena must be

filed within the earlier of ten days of service of the subpoena or the time for compliance

therewith. NOA seeks an extension of time in order to continue its negotiations with Activision 

regarding the subpoena, thereby narrowing potential discovery disputes. 

FTC Rule 4.3(b) authorizes the Administrative Law Judge, except in circumstances not

here presented, to extend any time limit prescribed by the rules “[f]or good cause shown.”

16 C.F.R. § 4.3(b). Based on the representation in the Motion, NOA has demonstrated good 

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Accordingly, the Motion is GRANTED and it is hereby ORDERED that NOA’s deadline

for filing any motion to limit or quash the subpoena pursuant to Rule 3.34(c) is extended to

February 16, 2023.

ORDERED:

 D. Michael Chappell

Chief Administrative Law Judge

Date: February [ ], 2023 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on the 6th day of February 2023, I filed the foregoing document

electronically using the Federal Trade Commission’s e-filing system, which will send 

notification of such filing to:

April Tabor The Honorable D. Michael Chappell

Secretary Administrative Law Judge

Federal Trade Commission Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm H-113 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm H-110

Washington, DC 20580 Washington, DC 20580 

ElectronicFilings@ftc.gov 

I also certify that I caused the foregoing document to be served via email to:

Complaint Counsel

James H. Weingarten (jweingarten@ftc.gov)

James Abell (jabell@ftc.gov) 

Cem Akleman (cakleman@ftc.gov)

Taylor Alexander (talexander@ftc.gov)

J. Alexander Ansaldo (jansaldo@ftc.gov)

Peggy Bayer Femenella (pbayerfemenella@ftc.gov) 

Michael T. Blevins (mblevins@ftc.gov)

Amanda L. Butler (abutler2@ftc.gov)

Nicole Callan (ncallan@ftc.gov)

Maria Cirincione (mcirincione@ftc.gov)

Kassandra DiPietro (kdipietro@ftc.gov)

Jennifer Fleury (jfleury@ftc.gov)

Michael A. Franchak (mfranchak@ftc.gov)

James Gossmann (jgossmann@ftc.gov)

Ethan Gurwitz (egurwitz@ftc.gov)

Meredith Levert (mlevert@ftc.gov)

Merrick Pastore (mpastore@ftc.gov)

Stephen Santulli (ssantulli@ftc.gov)

Edmund Saw (esaw@ftc.gov) 

David E. Morris (dmorris1@ftc.gov) 

U.S. Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 326-3570 

Counsel for Respondent Microsoft Corp.

Beth Wilkinson (bwilkinson@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Rakesh Kilaru (rkilaru@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Alysha Bohanon (abohanon@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Anastasia Pastan (apastan@wilkinsonstekloff.com) 

Grace Hill (ghill@wilkinsonstekloff.com)
 

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Sarah Neuman (sneuman@wilkonsonstekloff.com)

Wilkinson Stekloff LLP 

2001 M Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036 

(202) 847-4010

Mike Moiseyev (michael.moiseyev@weil.com)

Megan Granger (megan.granger@weil.com)

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 

2001 M Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036 

(202) 682-7235

Counsel for Respondent Activision-Blizzard, Inc. 

Steven C. Sunshine (steve.sunshine@skadden.com) 

Julia K. York (julia.york@skadden.com)

Jessica R. Watters (jessica.watters@skadden.com)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

1440 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 271-7860 

Maria A. Raptis (maria.raptis@skadden.com)

Michael J. Sheerin (michael.sheerin@skadden.com) 

Matthew M. Martino (matthew.martino@skadden.com) 

Evan R. Kreiner (evan.kreiner@skadden.com

Andrew D. Kabbes (andrew.kabbes@skadden.com) 

Bradley J. Pierson (bradley.pierson@skadden.com) 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

One Manhattan West

New York, NY 10001

Telephone: (212) 735-2425 

Counsel for Non-Party Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Everett K. Coraor (ecoraor@cgsh.com)

D. Bruce Hoffman (bhoffman@cgsh.com)

Leah Brannon (lbrannon@cgsh.com)

Isabel Tuz (ituz@cgsh.com) 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

2112 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20037 

(202) 974-1500

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Counsel for Non-Party NVIDIA Corporation 

Michael D. Bonanno (mikebonanno@quinnemanuel.com)

James C. McGlinchy (jamesmcglinchy@quinnemanuel.com)

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

1300 I Street NW

Suite 900 

Washington, DC 20005 

(202) 538-8225

/s/ Benjamin P. Argyle

Benjamin P. Argyle

Venable LLP

Counsel for Non-Party

Nintendo of America Inc.

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