80_FR_45378 80 FR 45233 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc.

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)

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FR Document2015-18580

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 145 (Wednesday, 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.
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                                                 On June 22, 2015, Enterprise,                         Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202–                    By order of the Commission.
                                              Remaining Respondents, and Google                        205–2661. Copies of non-confidential                    Issued: July 24, 2015.
                                              jointly moved to terminate the                           documents filed in connection with this               Lisa R. Barton,
                                              investigation in its entirety based upon                 investigation are or will be available for            Secretary to the Commission.
                                              settlement. On June 29, 2015, the                        inspection during official business                   [FR Doc. 2015–18578 Filed 7–28–15; 8:45 am]
                                              Commission investigative attorney filed                  hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the                 BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
                                              a response in support of the motion. No                  Office of the Secretary, U.S.
                                              other responses to the motion were                       International Trade Commission, 500 E
                                              received.                                                Street SW., Washington, DC 20436,
                                                                                                                                                             DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                 The ALJ issued the subject ID on July                 telephone 202–205–2000. General
                                              1, 2015, and a corrected version on July                 information concerning the Commission                 Antitrust Division
                                              17, 2015, granting the joint motion for                  may also be obtained by accessing its
                                              termination. The ALJ found that the                      Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).               Notice Pursuant to the National
                                              settlement agreement satisfies the                       The public record for this investigation              Cooperative Research and Production
                                              requirements of Commission Rule                          may be viewed on the Commission’s                     Act of 1993—Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc.
                                              210.21(b). She further found, pursuant                   electronic docket (EDIS) at http://
                                                                                                       edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired                         Notice is hereby given that, on June
                                              to Commission Rule 210.50(b)(2), that
                                                                                                       persons are advised that information on               29, 2015, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the
                                              there is no indication that termination
                                                                                                       this matter can be obtained by                        National Cooperative Research and
                                              of the investigation would adversely
                                                                                                       contacting the Commission’s TDD                       Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
                                              impact the public interest. No one
                                                                                                       terminal on 202–205–1810.                             et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Members of SGIP
                                              petitioned for review of the ID.
                                                                                                                                                             2.0, Inc. (‘‘MSGIP 2.0’’) has filed written
                                                 The Commission has determined not                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                                                                                                                             notifications simultaneously with the
                                              to review the ID as corrected. In light of               Commission instituted this investigation
                                                                                                                                                             Attorney General and the Federal Trade
                                              the settlement, the Commission has                       on September 29, 2014, based on a
                                                                                                                                                             Commission disclosing changes in its
                                              determined to vacate Order No. 34 as                     complaint filed by Advanced Research
                                                                                                                                                             membership. The notifications were
                                              moot.                                                    Corporation of White Bear Lake,
                                                                                                                                                             filed for the purpose of extending the
                                                 The authority for the Commission’s                    Minnesota (‘‘ARC’’). 79 FR 58382–83
                                                                                                                                                             Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of
                                              determination is contained in section                    (Sept. 29, 2014). The complaint alleged
                                                                                                                                                             antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages
                                              337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                        violations of section 337 of the Tariff
                                                                                                                                                             under specified circumstances.
                                              amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part                    Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C.
                                                                                                                                                             Specifically, National Energy
                                              210 of the Commission’s Rules of                         1337), based on infringement of five
                                                                                                                                                             Technology Laboratory (NETL),
                                              Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part                      U.S. patents. The notice of investigation,
                                                                                                                                                             Morgantown, WV; Open Geospatial
                                              210).                                                    as amended, named the following
                                                                                                                                                             Consortium (OGC), Wayland, MA;
                                                By order of the Commission.                            respondents: Fujifilm Holdings
                                                                                                                                                             OMNETRIC Corp., Minnetonka, MN;
                                                                                                       Corporation of Tokyo, Japan; Fujifilm
                                                Issued: July 23, 2015.                                                                                       National Instruments, Austin, TX; Opus
                                                                                                       Corporation of Tokyo, Japan; Fujifilm
                                              Lisa R. Barton,                                                                                                One Solutions, Richmond Hill, Ontario,
                                                                                                       Recording Media USA, Inc., of Bedford,
                                              Secretary to the Commission.                                                                                   CANADA; ITOCHU Corporation, Tokyo,
                                                                                                       Massachusetts; Oracle Corporation of
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–18485 Filed 7–28–15; 8:45 am]                                                                    JAPAN; GridIntellect LLC, Madison, AL;
                                                                                                       Redwood Shores, California; Oracle
                                                                                                                                                             Inman Technology, Cambridge, MA;
                                              BILLING CODE 7020–02–P                                   America, Inc., of Redwood Shores,
                                                                                                                                                             Xtensible Solutions, Greenwood Village,
                                                                                                       California; and International Business
                                                                                                       Machines Corp. of Armonk, New York.                   CO; and Southern California Edison
                                              INTERNATIONAL TRADE                                      The Office of Unfair Import                           (SCE), Westminster, CA, have been
                                              COMMISSION                                               Investigations was also named as a                    added as parties to this venture.
                                                                                                                                                                Also, Kyocera Telecommunications
                                              [Investigation No. 337–TA–931]                           party. Id. at 58383; 79 FR 78905 (Dec.
                                                                                                                                                             Research Center (KTRC), Fremont, CA;
                                                                                                       31, 2014).
                                                                                                          On June 19, 2015, ARC and all                      The Associated General Contractors of
                                              Certain Formatted Magnetic Data
                                                                                                       respondents filed a joint motion to                   America, Arlington, VA; RCES Center
                                              Storage Tapes and Cartridges
                                                                                                       terminate the investigation based on a                from Univ. of Texas at El Paso, El Paso,
                                              Containing Same; Commission
                                                                                                       settlement agreement between ARC and                  TX; Arizona Public Service Company,
                                              Determination Not To Review an Initial
                                                                                                       all respondents. On June 26, 2015, the                Phoenix, AZ; California Independent
                                              Determination Terminating the
                                                                                                       Commission investigative attorney filed               System Operator Corporation, Folsom,
                                              Investigation Based on Settlement
                                                                                                       a response supporting the motion.                     CA; CenterPoint Energy Houston
                                              AGENCY: U.S. International Trade                            On June 29, 2015, the ALJ issued the               Electric, Houston, TX; Clevest
                                              Commission.                                              subject ID, granting the motion to                    Solutions, Inc., Richmond, British
                                              ACTION: Notice.                                          terminate the investigation. The ALJ                  Columbia, CANADA; Coordinated
                                                                                                       found that the motion complied with                   Science Laboratory—University of
                                              SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that                   Commission Rules and that termination                 Illinois, Urbana, IL; HomePlug
                                              the U.S. International Trade                             would be in the public interest. No                   Powerline Alliance, Inc., Beaverton, OR;
                                              Commission has determined not to                         petitions for review of the ID were filed.            India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF), New
                                              review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’)                    The Commission has determined not                  Delhi, INDIA; Kottage Industries LLC,
                                              (Order No. 19) by the presiding                          to review the ID.                                     Worthington, OH; Mitsubishi Electric
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                                              administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’)                          The authority for the Commission’s                 Research Labs, Cambridge, MA;
                                              terminating the above-captioned                          determination is contained in section                 MobiComm Communications, The
                                              investigation based on settlement.                       337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                     Hague, NETHERLANDS;
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part                 Telecommunications Industry
                                              Clark S. Cheney, Office of the General                   210 of the Commission’s Rules of                      Association (TIA), Arlington, VA;
                                              Counsel, U.S. International Trade                        Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part                   Tennessee Valley Authority,
                                              Commission, 500 E Street SW.,                            210).                                                 Chattanooga, TN; UPnP Forum,


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                                              Beaverton, OR; ZIV USA INC., Rolling                     purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions              Limited, Herts, UNITED KINGDOM;
                                              Meadows, IL; Climate Talk Alliance,                      limiting the recovery of antitrust                    Jasper Technologies, Santa Clara, CA;
                                              San Ramon, CA; FutureDOS, Calgary,                       plaintiffs to actual damages under                    Mobile Tornado Group PLC, Afek Park,
                                              Alberta, CANADA; Duquesne Light                          specified circumstances.                              ISRAEL; Netcomm Wireless Limited,
                                              Company, Pittsburgh, PA; Modbus                             Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act,               Sydney, AUSTRALIA; Nextiva,
                                              Organization, Inc., Hopkinton, MA;                       the identities of the parties to the                  Scottsdale, AZ; Redstone Sunshine
                                              Nexans, Bethel, CT; PowerGrid360, San                    venture are: BHP Billiton Petroleum                   (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing,
                                              Jose, CA; Washington Laboratories,                       (Americas) Inc., Houston, TX; Murphy                  PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA;
                                              Gaithersburg, MD; ComRent                                Exploration and Production Company,                   Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Navi
                                              International, Upper Marlboro, MD; and                   Houston, TX; ConocoPhillips Company,                  Mumbai, INDIA; Sierra Wireless,
                                              City of Watertown, Watertown, WI, have                   Houston, TX; Marathon Oil Company,                    Richmond, CANADA; Skylink Design
                                              withdrawn as parties to this venture.                    Houston, TX; and Pioneer Natural                      Inc., Pleasanton, CA; Sonim
                                                 No other changes have been made in                    Resources USA, Inc., Irving, TX. The                  Technologies, Bangalore, INDIA;
                                              either the membership or planned                         general area of Eagle Ford II’s planned               Symantec, Culver City, CA; TA
                                              activity of the group research project.                  activity is to examine the influence that             Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.,
                                              Membership in this group research                        mechanical stratigraphy exerts on                     Shanghai, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
                                              project remains open, and MSGIP 2.0                      natural and induced fracture systems in               CHINA; Tenggle Technologies, Beijing,
                                              intends to file additional written                       the oil and gas window of the Eagle                   PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Tile
                                              notifications disclosing all changes in                  Ford productive trend. Eagle Ford II will             Data Processing Inc., Montreal,
                                              membership.                                              (i) expand the outcrop characterization;              CANADA; u-blox AG, Thalwil,
                                                 On February 5, 2013, MSGIP 2.0 filed                  (ii) relate outcrop based results to the              SWITZERLAND; Vuzix Corporation,
                                              its original notification pursuant to                    subsurface geology and geomechanics of                Rochester, NY; and Zebra Technologies
                                              Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department                  the productive Eagle Ford trend; and                  Corporation, Chicago, IL; have been
                                              of Justice published a notice in the                     (iii) perform numerical geomechanical                 added as parties to this venture.
                                              Federal Register pursuant to Section                     modeling to understand the natural and                   Also, BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo,
                                              6(b) of the Act on March 7, 2013 (78 FR                  induced hydraulic fracturing to validate              CANADA; castLabs GmbH, Berlin,
                                              14836).                                                  and improve the modeling approach                     GERMANY; Cellebrite, Petah Tikva,
                                                 The last notification was filed with                  and to simulate a range of stratigraphic              ISRAEL; CETECOM GmbH, Essen,
                                              the Department on April 7, 2015. A                       and stress conditions within the Eagle                GERMANY; Cisco Systems Inc., San
                                              notice was published in the Federal                      Ford productive trend and associated                  Jose, CA; Cybage Software Private
                                              Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the                 deformation features.                                 Limited, Pune, INDIA; Digicert SSL
                                              Act on May 14, 2015 (80 FR 27704).                                                                             Certificate Authority, Lindon, UT;
                                                                                                       Patricia A. Brink,
                                              Patricia A. Brink,                                       Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust              Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V., Erlangen,
                                              Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust                 Division.                                             GERMANY; General Dynamics
                                              Division.                                                [FR Doc. 2015–18576 Filed 7–28–15; 8:45 am]           Broadband UK, Chippenham, UNITED
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–18580 Filed 7–28–15; 8:45 am]              BILLING CODE P                                        KINGDOM; iYogi Inc., New York, NY;
                                              BILLING CODE 4410–11–P                                                                                         Kochar Infotech, Amritsa, INDIA; LG
                                                                                                                                                             Electronics Inc., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF
                                                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                 KOREA; Logos Solvo Ltd., Ebène,
                                              DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                                                                          MAURITIUS; Masang Soft., Inc., Seoul,
                                                                                                       Antitrust Division                                    REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Metaswitch
                                              Antitrust Division                                                                                             Networks Ltd., Enfield, UNITED
                                                                                                       Notice Pursuant to the National                       KINGDOM; Morpho Cards GmbH,
                                              Notice Pursuant to the National                          Cooperative Research and Production                   Paderborn, GERMANY; Rogers Wireless
                                              Cooperative Research and Production                      Act of 1993—Open Mobile Alliance                      Inc., Toronto, CANADA; Scanbuy, Inc.,
                                              Act of 1993—Cooperative Research                                                                               New York, NY; setcom wireless
                                                                                                          Notice is hereby given that, on July 6,
                                              Group on Mechanical Stratigraphy and                                                                           products GmbH, Munich, GERMANY;
                                                                                                       2015, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the
                                              Natural Deformation in Eagle Ford                                                                              Solaiemes, Madrid, SPAIN; Sony Mobile
                                                                                                       National Cooperative Research and
                                              Formation and Equivalent Boquillas                                                                             Communications AB, Stockholm,
                                                                                                       Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
                                              Formation, South-Central and West                                                                              SWEDEN; Stream Communications,
                                                                                                       et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Open Mobile
                                              Texas (Eagle Ford II)                                                                                          Glagow, UNITED KINGDOM; Synthesis
                                                                                                       Alliance (‘‘OMA’’) has filed written
                                                 Notice is hereby given that, on July 1,               notifications simultaneously with the                 AG, Zurich, SWITZERLAND; Telefonica
                                              2015, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the                    Attorney General and the Federal Trade                S.A., Madrid, SPAIN; Telular, Chicago,
                                              National Cooperative Research and                        Commission disclosing changes in its                  IL; Thales, Toulouse, FRANCE; and
                                              Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301                   membership. The notifications were                    Wistron Corporation, New Taipei City,
                                              et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Southwest Research                filed for the purpose of extending the                TAIWAN have withdrawn as parties to
                                              Institute—Cooperative Research Group                     Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of             this venture.
                                              on Mechanical Stratigraphy and Natural                   antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages                   The following members have changed
                                              Deformation in Eagle Ford Formation                      under specified circumstances.                        their names: Bluefish Technologies
                                              and Equivalent Boquillas Formation,                      Specifically, Asurion LLC, San Mateo,                 Holdings APD to Bluefish Technologies
                                              South-Central and West Texas (‘‘Eagle                    CA; Augmate Corporation, New York,                    Europe A/S., Birkerod, DENMARK; and
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                                              Ford II’’) has filed written notifications               NY; AVSystem, Kraków, POLAND;                        Zeebric, Inc. to Qliktag Software, Inc.,
                                              simultaneously with the Attorney                         China Academy of Telecommunication,                   Newport Beach, CA.
                                              General and the Federal Trade                            Beijing, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF                            No other changes have been made in
                                              Commission disclosing (1) the identities                 CHINA; flo Data LTD, London, UNITED                   either the membership or planned
                                              of the parties to the venture and (2) the                KINGDOM; HaoLianShiDai (Beijing),                     activity of the group research project.
                                              nature and objectives of the venture.                    Beijing, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF                         Membership in this group research
                                              The notifications were filed for the                     CHINA; Imagination Technologies                       project remains open, and OMA intends


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