A federal judge in San Jose has tapped three lawyers to represent plaintiffs in antitrust litigation against Qualcomm Inc. over its patent licensing policies.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California appointed Kalpana Srinivasan of Susman Godfrey and Steven Williams of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy as co-lead plaintiffs counsel for the multidistrict litigation and named Steve Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro as an additional member of a three-firm plaintiffs steering committee.