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QUALCOMM’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO RAISE ISSUES OF FOREIGN LAW 

No. 17-cv-0220-LHK-NMC, No. 17-md-2773-LHK-NMC

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP 

Gary A. Bornstein (pro hac vice) gbornstein@cravath.com 

Yonatan Even (pro hac vice) yeven@cravath.com 

825 Eighth Avenue 

New York, NY 10019-7475 

Telephone: (212) 474-1000 

Facsimile: (212) 474-3700 

KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS LLP 

Robert A. Van Nest, SBN 84065 

rvannest@keker.com 

633 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809 

Telephone: (415) 676-2289 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

Richard S. Taffet (pro hac vice) richard.taffet@morganlewis.com 

101 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10178-0060 

Telephone: (212) 309-6000 

Facsimile: (212) 309-6001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, a 

Delaware corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 5:17-cv-00220-LHK-NMC 

NOTICE PURSUANT TO FEDERAL 

RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 44.1 

OF INTENT TO RAISE ISSUES OF 

FOREIGN LAW 

IN RE QUALCOMM ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION 

Case No. 5:17-md-02773-LHK-NMC 

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QUALCOMM’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO RAISE ISSUES OF FOREIGN LAW 

No. 17-cv-0220-LHK-NMC, No. 17-md-2773-LHK-NMC

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD 

Please take notice that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 44.1, 

Defendant Qualcomm Incorporated (“Qualcomm”) hereby gives notice regarding 

issues of French law that may arise in connection with this proceeding. 

Qualcomm intends to raise issues of French law in response to claims from 

the FTC and the Class Plaintiffs that concern fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (“FRAND”) licensing practices. Qualcomm has made written 

commitments under the Intellectual Property Rights Policy (“IPR Policy”) of the 

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (“ETSI”) to license standard 

essential patents on FRAND terms. By its terms, ETSI’s IPR Policy is “governed 

by the laws of France”, ETSI Rules of Procedure, Annex 6, cl. 12, so French law 

governs Qualcomm’s ETSI FRAND commitments. 

Pursuant to Rule 44.1, and to assist the Court in this regard, Qualcomm 

intends to submit the expert report of Professor Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson, an 

attorney qualified to practice law in France and a professor at Université Paris 2 

Panthéon-Assas.

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QUALCOMM’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO RAISE ISSUES OF FOREIGN LAW 

No. 17-cv-0220-LHK-NMC, No. 17-md-2773-LHK-NMC 

Dated: May 11, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Gary A. Bornstein 

Gary A. Bornstein 

Yonatan Even 

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP 

Worldwide Plaza 

825 Eighth Avenue 

New York, NY 10019-7475 

Tel: (212) 474-1000 

Fax: (212) 474-3700 

gbornstein@cravath.com 

yeven@cravath.com 

Robert A. Van Nest 

Eugene M. Paige 

KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS LLP 

633 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809 

Tel: (415) 676-2289 

Fax: (415) 397-7188 

rvannest@keker.com 

epaige@keker.com 

Richard S. Taffet 

Willard K. Tom 

Donn P. Pickett 

Geoffrey T. Holtz 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: (415) 442-1000 

Fax: (415) 442-1001 

richard.taffet@morganlewis.com 

willard.tom@morganlewis.com 

donn.pickett@morganlewis.com 

geoffrey.holtz@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Qualcomm Incorporated

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