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Case No. 17-CV-00220-LHK 

ORDER RE HIGH PRIORITY OBJECTIONS FOR JANUARY 4, 2019

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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 4, 2019

Re: Dkts. 1074, 1083, 1083-1

Before the Court are Qualcomm Inc.’s (“Qualcomm”) high priority objections (“HPO”), 

ECF No. 1083, and responses, ECF No. 1083-1, and the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) 

high priority objections and responses, ECF No. 1074, for January 4, 2019, day 1 of the trial.

The parties are advised that HPOs to the testimony of multiple witnesses—even if the 

HPOs rest on the same argument—must be presented as separate HPOs. Therefore, although the 

FTC presents its HPO as a “sole” objection, the FTC has in fact filed six separate HPOs to 

Qualcomm’s designations of deposition testimony from six separate witnesses. 

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:

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HPO Designation Ruling

Qualcomm HPO # 1 Blumberg, 130:23-

132:7

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 1 Blumberg, 148:25-

149:13

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 1 Blumberg, 271:23-

271:17

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 1 Blumberg, 44:23-

45:13

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 2 Blumberg, 155:12-

156:11

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 2 Blumberg, 160:4-15 OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 2 Blumberg, 214:3-

215:5

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 2 Blumberg, 228:20-

230:7

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 3 Blumberg, 155:12-

156:11

OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 4 Chong, 360:13-18 SUSTAINED.

Qualcomm HPO # 5 Yang, 184:6-16 OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 5 Yang, 226:19-227:5 OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 5 Yang, 244:17-245:22 OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 6 Yu, 49:13-23 OVERRULED.

Qualcomm HPO # 6 Yu, 141:24-143:21 OVERRULED.

FTC HPO # 1 Chong, 212:11-15 SUSTAINED. 

FTC HPO # 1 Chong, 212:22-213:3 SUSTAINED. 

FTC HPO # 1 Grubbs, 93:15-19 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Grubbs, 129:13-16 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Grubbs, 316:21-24 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Grubbs, 317:22-

318:6

SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Grubbs, 322:12-22 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Jacobs, 153:25-

154:24

SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Jacobs, 184:23-185:6 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Jacobs, 229:18-230:1 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Reifschneider, 51:10-

52:11

SUSTAINED.

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FTC HPO # 1 Reifschneider, 88:8-

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SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Reifschneider, 88:13-

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SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Reifschneider, 126:8-

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SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Reifschneider, 

128:14-18

SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Reifschneider, 

128:21-129:12

SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Yang, 122:13-16 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Yang, 122:20-21 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Yu, 70:8-9 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Yu, 70:12-15 SUSTAINED.

FTC HPO # 1 Yu, 71:11-13 SUSTAINED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2019

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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