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To: slacker711 who wrote (145292)	10/2/2006 12:38:05 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

FWIW....here is what the judge said when he issued an extension. edisweb.usitc.gov The administrative law judge finds good cause for extending the target date of this investigation to February 9, 2007. This investigation involves three different patents regarding baseband processor chips contained inside cellphones. The case is particularly complex because it involved bifurcating the case into liability and remedy portions, due to the motions to intervene for the limited purpose of remedy. The remedy requested by Broadcom includes a request for a limited exclusion order including downstream products. The effect of a downstream exclusion order would have a significant impact on numerous cellphone manufacturers and network providers in the industry. A full evidentiary hearing on liability was conducted before the undersigned from February 14-22, March 1, and March 13-2 1,2006. After the hearing, post-hearing briefs and reply briefs, together with proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and rebuttals to the same, were filed on April 3rd and April 12", respectively. The undersigned imposed page limits on the post-hearing brief and reply briefs to 150 and 75 pages, respectively. No limit was imposed on findings of fact, however, and Complainant filed 1,450 findings of fact, while Respondent filed over 4,000 findings of fact, and Staff filed over 250 findings of fact. The remedy hearing was conducted before the undersigned from July 7- 1 1,2006. After the hearing, post-hearing briefs and reply briefs, together with proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and rebuttals to the same, were filed on July 2 1 st and July 3 lst, respectively. The undersigned imposed page limits on the post-hearing brief and reply briefs to a total of 175 pages, while imposing a limit of 700 findings of fact for Broadcom, Staff, and Qualcomdall Intervenors. Even with the page limits imposed, there are still numerous complex issues that need to be addressed. , The magnitude and complexity of this investigation, along with the requirements of the undersigned’s other investigations, including a hearing in Inv. No. 337-TA-551, which took place from July 24-August 1,2006, necessitates an extension of the target date. The drafting of the Initial Determination in this investigation, along with the undersigned’s responsibilities in its other active cases, has made completion of the Initial Determination in this investigation by the current deadline of August 2 1 , 2006 unfeasible.