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Case No. 17-CV-00220-LHK 

ORDER RE HIGH PRIORITY OBJECTIONS FOR JANUARY 22, 2019; PROVIDING FURTHER 

INSTRUCTIONS RE CLOSING ARGUMENTS

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

v.

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED,

Defendant.

Case No. 17-CV-00220-LHK 

ORDER RE HIGH PRIORITY 

OBJECTIONS FOR JANUARY 22, 

2019; PROVIDING FURTHER 

INSTRUCTIONS RE CLOSING 

ARGUMENTS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 1357, 1358

Before the Court are the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) high priority objections 

(“HPO”) and responses, ECF No. 1358, for January 22, 2019, day 8 of the trial. Having 

considered the parties’ briefs, the relevant law, the Federal Rules of Evidence, the record in this 

case, and balancing the factors set forth in Federal Rule of Evidence 403, the Court rules as 

follows:

FTC Objections Ruling

Injung Lee, Samsung

FTC HPO #1: QX0546 and Lee Dep. 36:9-16, 

36:25-37:1, 39:24-40:5

SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO #2: QX0558 and Lee Dep. 261:8-

18, 261:23-262:1, 262:7-8, 262:15, 262:17-19

SUSTAINED. 

FTC HPO #3: QX0551 and Lee Dep. 64:24-

65:3

OVERRULED. 

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Robert Rango, former Broadcom

FTC HPO #4: QX1005

Rango Dep. 67:12-68:19, 68:22-24, 69:11-

70:15, 70:18-24, 71:2-15

SUSTAINED as to McGregor’s May 8, 2014 

email to Hurlston with carbon copy to Samueli

and Brandt. 

OVERRULED as to Henderson’s May 7, 2014 

email to Rango and others, but this email may 

not be offered for the truth of the matter 

asserted. The parties must redact McGregor’s 

email from QX1005. 

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm Objections

Hojin Kang, Samsung

Qualcomm HPO #1: Kang Dep. 63:2-6, 63:9-

11, 152:25-153:3

SUSTAINED.

Jianxin Ding, Huawei

Qualcomm HPO #2: Ding Dep. 299:11-25 SUSTAINED.

Lorenzo Casaccia, Qualcomm

Qualcomm HPO #3: CX6138 SUSTAINED as to Martin’s April 18, 2015 

email to Kaskoun and Kenagy. 

OVERRULED as to the remaining emails, of 

which Lorenzo Casaccia is a recipient or 

sender. The parties must redact Martin’s email 

from CX6138. 

OVERRULED as to the slides, which are 

pages 003 to 037. 

Qualcomm HPO #4: CX8262 OVERRULED.

Trial Exhibits 

The Court thanks the parties for the trial exhibits in the Courtroom and Qualcomm for the 

two carts. However, the trial exhibits in Chambers plus the binders the parties are providing for 

each witness are sufficient. The parties may take back the trial exhibits and carts that are in the 

courtroom. In addition, yet a further set of exhibits provided by the parties is not needed. The 

Court requests that the parties take back these eight boxes on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. 

Closing Arguments 

Closing arguments will be Tuesday, January 29, 2019, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. The parties 

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shall file any HPOs related to closing arguments by Monday, January 28, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 18, 2019

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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