Published: November 18, 2008

Qualcomm Again Held in Contempt of Injunction on 3G Cellular Products Previously Found to Infringe Broadcom Patent

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, announced that a federal judge yesterday found Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) in contempt of an injunction entered last December that was designed to prevent Qualcomm from continued infringement of two Broadcom patents.

As to Broadcom's U.S. Patent No. 5,657,317, the injunction prohibits Qualcomm from making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing, and developing certain EV-DO chips. The injunction also provides a sunset period during which Qualcomm can continue to sell legacy EV-DO chips to legacy customers until January 31, 2009, provided that it pays a royalty to Broadcom. U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna found that Qualcomm violated both provisions of the injunction by selling and offering to sell enjoined EV-DO chips and by failing to pay royalties on legacy EV-DO chips.

With regard to the sales of enjoined EV-DO chips, and citing the "egregiousness" of Qualcomm's conduct, the court ordered Qualcomm to retrieve the chips and destroy them or, if it is unable to do so, to pay Broadcom Qualcomm's gross profits on the sales. With regard to the sales of legacy chips to legacy customers, the court ordered Qualcomm to pay past royalties, plus a penalty. The court further ordered Qualcomm to take remedial steps to prevent further violations of the injunction, and awarded Broadcom its attorney fees.

"This is the second time that Qualcomm has been found in contempt of the same federal court injunction," said David Rosmann, Broadcom's Vice President, Intellectual Property Litigation. "Qualcomm's ongoing contempt reflects a remarkable disregard for a system meant to protect intellectual property rights."

In August, Judge Selna found that Qualcomm violated the injunction by failing to pay royalties under Broadcom's U.S. Patent No. 6,389,010 on infringing QChat(R) products. Citing the "egregiousness" of Qualcomm's conduct there, the court ordered Qualcomm to pay Broadcom the gross profits Qualcomm had earned on its infringing QChat(R) products.

Broadcom filed its infringement case against Qualcomm in the U.S. District Court inSanta Ana, Calif., in May 2005. On May 29, 2007, a unanimous jury returned a verdict finding that Qualcomm infringed three Broadcom patents and awarded $19.64 million in damages for past infringement. A federal appeals court recently upheld the infringement findings on the '010 and '317 patents, which relate to network selection and simultaneous network access technologies.

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Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(R).

Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2007 revenue of $3.78 billion, and holds over 3,000 U.S. and 1,200 foreign patents, more than 7,600 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

Broadcom is headquartered inIrvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities inNorth America,Asia andEurope. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.

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