80 FR 24277 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Sematech, Inc. D/B/A International Sematech

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 83 (April 30, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 24277]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10032]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Sematech, Inc. D/B/A International Sematech

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 31, 2015, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Sematech, Inc. d/b/a 
International Sematech (``SEMATECH'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were 
filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the 
recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Specifically, Qorvo Inc., Hillsboro, OR; Infineon 
Technologies Dresden GmbH, Dresden, GERMANY; Jusung Engineering Co., 
Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX; 
and Winbond Electronics Corporation, Taichung City, TAIWAN, have been 
added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Matheson Tri-Gas, Basking Ridge, NJ; Centrotherm 
Photovoltaics, Blaubeuren, GERMANY; Fujifilm Electronic Materials, 
Shizuoka, JAPAN; Solid State Equipment LLC (SSEC), Horsham, PA; 
Intermolecular, San Jose, CA; Morgan Advance Materials, Southampton, 
UNITED KINGDOM; TriQuint Semiconductors Inc., Richardson, TX; Disco, 
Tokyo, JAPAN; Cimetrix, Hingham, MA; SUSS, Microtec Photomask Equipment 
GmbH & Co. kg., Garching, GERMANY; and University College of London, 
London, UNITED KINGDOM, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and SEMATECH intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 22, 1988, SEMATECH filed its original notification 
pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of 
the Act on May 19, 1988 (53 FR 17987).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 6, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on February 10, 2015 (80 FR 7499).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-10032 Filed 4-29-15; 8:45 am]
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