CASE NO. 17-CV-00220-LHK-NMC

CASE NO. 17-MD-02773-LHK-NMC

DEFENDANT QUALCOMM INCORPORATED’S 

STATUS REPORT RE: SEARCH TERMS AND CUSTODIANS

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CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP

Gary A. Bornstein (pro hac vice)

gbornstein@cravath.com

Richard J. Stark (pro hac vice)

rstark@cravath.com

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10019-7475

Telephone: (212) 474-1000

Facsimile: (212) 474-3700

KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS LLP

Robert A. Van Nest

rvannest@keker.com

633 Battery Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809

Telephone: (415) 676-2289

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188

Attorneys for Defendant

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Additional counsel in the signature block.

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

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

Donn P. Pickett (SBN 72257)

donn.pickett@morganlewis.com

Geoffrey T. Holtz (SBN 191370)

geoffrey.holtz@morganlewis.com

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105-1596

Telephone: (415) 442-1000

Facsimile: (415) 442-1001

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

vs.

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 

a Delaware corporation,

Defendant.

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

DEFENDANT QUALCOMM 

INCORPORATED’S STATUS 

REPORT REGARDING NONPARTY CONTRACT 

MANUFACTURERS’ SEARCH 

TERMS AND CUSTODIANS

Courtroom: 7, 4th Floor

Judge: Hon. Nathanael M. Cousins 

 

IN RE: QUALCOMM ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION

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

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Pursuant to the Court’s December 6, 2017 Order (ECF No. 372), 

Defendant Qualcomm Incorporated (“Qualcomm”) submits the following status report 

regarding the production of documents responsive to Qualcomm’s subpoena—

specifically, search terms and custodians—by non-parties Compal Electronics, Inc., FIH 

Mobile Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Pegatron Corporation, and Wistron 

Corporation (collectively, the “CMs”).

Since Qualcomm’s initial status report to the Court dated December 4, 

2017 (ECF No. 370), Qualcomm has continued to attempt to reach a compromise with 

the CMs. 

Qualcomm’s Revised Custodian Proposal: On December 6, 2017, 

Qualcomm sent a letter to the CMs proposing 36 additional CM custodians for both the 

N.D. Cal. and S.D. Cal. actions in order to fill major chronological and subject-matter 

gaps in the CMs’ custodian proposals. The total number of custodians proposed by the 

CMs and Qualcomm for the N.D. Cal. and S.D. Cal. actions is now 63: 17 for Compal, 

18 for Foxconn, 14 for Pegatron, and 14 for Wistron. Qualcomm created this revised 

proposal based on further review of Qualcomm’s, Apple’s, and the CMs’ document 

productions to date; internal investigation; and the additional custodian information the 

CMs provided on December 4. 

In the letter, Qualcomm explained in detail why the custodians it proposed 

are necessary for the N.D. Cal. and S.D. Cal. actions, respectively. For both the N.D. 

Cal. and S.D. Cal. actions, Qualcomm proposed 19 custodians likely to have information 

relevant to SULA negotiations and chip procurement: 6 for Compal, 5 for Foxconn, 4 for 

Pegatron, and 4 for Wistron. For the S.D. Cal. action only, Qualcomm proposed an 

additional 17 custodians likely to have information relevant to that action, including 

information related to audits, each CM’s relationship with Apple, and communications 

with competition agencies. Qualcomm asked the CMs to prioritize document production 

from those custodians who have information relevant to both the N.D. Cal. and S.D. Cal. 

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actions. 

In the spirit of compromise, Qualcomm offered to withdraw 15 of the 

custodians it requested in its prior proposal if, in exchange, the CMs agree to add specific 

custodians whom Qualcomm identified in its December 6 letter. 

Qualcomm’s Revised Search Terms Proposal: As indicated in our 

previous status report, both parties believe that their proposal is the better starting point 

for further negotiation. Nevertheless, in the spirit of compromise, and to facilitate the 

CMs’ completion of document production by January 5, 2018, Qualcomm provided

revisions to the CMs’ October 31 search term proposal on December 7, 2017. Informed

by metrics provided by the CMs on December 4, 2017, Qualcomm revised the syntax and 

language in the CMs’ search terms proposal to ensure that the terms are sufficiently likely 

to return documents relevant to Qualcomm’s subpoena requests. Qualcomm also 

provided a redline to the CMs indicating the revisions Qualcomm made. Additionally, 

Qualcomm is currently working to translate specific relevant terms into traditional and 

simplified Chinese characters to supplement the CMs’ search of their Chinese-language 

documents.

December 7 Meet and Confer: On December 7, 2017, the parties met 

and conferred by telephone. 

Custodians: During the meet and confer, Qualcomm and the CMs 

discussed Qualcomm’s revised custodian proposal. The CMs agreed to discuss the 

proposal with their clients tonight, December 7, 2017 (the morning of December 8, 

Taiwan time), but did not take a position on any of Qualcomm’s proposed custodians.

Search Terms: During the meet and confer, Qualcomm and the CMs also

discussed Qualcomm’s revised search term proposal. The CMs agreed to discuss the 

proposal with their clients, and stated that they would begin running metrics on the 

revised search terms today, December 7, 2017. The CMs explained that they would try to 

provide Qualcomm with metrics on its revised search term proposal before the weekend, 

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but, if they were unable to do so, likely would not be able to provide metrics until 

Monday, December 11, 2017, due to a systems upgrade of counsel’s network scheduled 

to take place over the weekend. 

The parties scheduled a follow-up meet and confer for Tuesday, December 

12, 2017, at 10 a.m. PST.

Qualcomm respectfully requests permission to file another status update 

with the Court on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, following this meet and confer. 

Dated: December 7, 2017 Respectfully submitted,

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP,

/s/ Richard J. Stark

Richard J. Stark

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Tel: (212) 474-1000

Fax: (212) 474-3700

rstark@cravath.com

Robert A. Van Nest 

Asim M. Bhansali 

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 

abhansali@keker.com 

epaige@keker.com 

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Richard S. Taffet 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

101 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10178-0060 

Tel: (212) 309-6000 

Fax: (212) 309-6001 

richard.taffet@morganlewis.com

Willard K. Tom 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

1111 Pennsylvania Ave. NW 

Washington, DC 20004-2541 

Tel: (202) 739-3000 

Fax: (202) 739 3001 

willard.tom@morganlewis.com 

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 

donn.pickett@morganlewis.com 

geoffrey.holtz@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Qualcomm Incorporated

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