80 FR 45233 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 145 (July 29, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45233-45234]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18580]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 29, 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''), Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc. 
(``MSGIP 2.0'') 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, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Morgantown, 
WV; Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Wayland, MA; OMNETRIC Corp., 
Minnetonka, MN; National Instruments, Austin, TX; Opus One Solutions, 
Richmond Hill, Ontario, CANADA; ITOCHU Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; 
GridIntellect LLC, Madison, AL; Inman Technology, Cambridge, MA; 
Xtensible Solutions, Greenwood Village, CO; and Southern California 
Edison (SCE), Westminster, CA, have been added as parties to this 
venture.
    Also, Kyocera Telecommunications Research Center (KTRC), Fremont, 
CA; The Associated General Contractors of America, Arlington, VA; RCES 
Center from Univ. of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; Arizona Public 
Service Company, Phoenix, AZ; California Independent System Operator 
Corporation, Folsom, CA; CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, Houston, 
TX; Clevest Solutions, Inc., Richmond, British Columbia, CANADA; 
Coordinated Science Laboratory--University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; 
HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc., Beaverton, OR; India Smart Grid 
Forum (ISGF), New Delhi, INDIA; Kottage Industries LLC, Worthington, 
OH; Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA; MobiComm 
Communications, The Hague, NETHERLANDS; Telecommunications Industry 
Association (TIA), Arlington, VA; Tennessee Valley Authority, 
Chattanooga, TN; UPnP Forum,

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Beaverton, OR; ZIV USA INC., Rolling Meadows, IL; Climate Talk 
Alliance, San Ramon, CA; FutureDOS, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; Duquesne 
Light Company, Pittsburgh, PA; Modbus Organization, Inc., Hopkinton, 
MA; Nexans, Bethel, CT; PowerGrid360, San Jose, CA; Washington 
Laboratories, Gaithersburg, MD; ComRent International, Upper Marlboro, 
MD; and City of Watertown, Watertown, WI, 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 MSGIP 2.0 intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 5, 2013, MSGIP 2.0 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 March 7, 2013 (78 FR 14836).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 7, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 14, 2015 (80 FR 27704).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-18580 Filed 7-28-15; 8:45 am]
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