EXHIBIT 5
DLA Piper LLP (US)
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April 22, 2010
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As legal counsel for QUALCOMM Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the Company), we are
rendering this opinion in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of up to 13,298,384 shares of the Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (the Registration
Statement), of the Company which may be issued pursuant to the
exercise of options and rights granted under the QUALCOMM
Incorporated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.
We have examined all instruments, documents and records which we deemed relevant and necessary for
the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals
and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We express no
opinion concerning any law other than the corporation laws of the State of Delaware and the federal
law of the United States. As to matters of Delaware corporation law, we have based our opinion
solely upon our examination of such laws and the rules and regulations of the authorities
administering such laws, all as reported in standard, unofficial compilations. We have not obtained
opinions of counsel licensed to practice in jurisdictions other than the State of California.
Based on such examination, we are of the opinion that the 13,298,384 shares of Common Stock which
may be issued upon exercise of options and rights granted under the Plans by QUALCOMM Incorporated are duly
authorized shares of the Companys Common Stock, and, when issued against receipt of the
consideration therefor in accordance with the provisions of the Plans, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement referred to above and the use of our name wherever it appears in said
Registration Statement.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ DLA Piper LLP (US)
DLA PIPER LLP (US)