80 FR 45235 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Allseen Alliance, 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]
[Page 45235]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18577]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Allseen Alliance, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 13, 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''), AllSeen Alliance, Inc. (``AllSeen 
Alliance'') 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, Yifang Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA; ZTE Corporaton, Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPBULIC OF 
CHINA; Vodafone Group Services GmbH, Dusseldorf, GERMANY; Incognito 
Software Systems Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA; Howden 
Joinery Group plc, London, UNITED KINGCOM; IS2T, Nantes, FRANCE; 
EUROICC d.o.o., Zemun, REPUBLIC OF SERBIA; Apptellect Inc., 
Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA; Kona S Co., Ltd., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SKIDEEV, Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; CertiVox Ltd., 
London, UNITED KINGDOM; Appception, Inc., Mountain View, CA; Skyworth 
Group Co., Ltd., Shen Zhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Arcelik A.S., 
Istanbul, TURKEY; Novatel Wireless, San Diego, CA; Granite River Labs, 
Santa Clara, CA; Hackster, Inc., San Francisco, CA; and International 
Business Machines Corporation, Austin, TX, have been added as parties 
to this venture.
    Also, Audio Partnership Plc, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Beijing Winner 
Micro Electronics Co., Ltd., Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; EXO U 
Inc., Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; Lets GOWEX S.A., Madrid, SPAIN; Geo 
Semiconductor Inc., San Jose, CA; Razer USA Ltd., Carlsbad, CA; and 
Robert Bosh LLC, Palo Alto, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this 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 AllSeen Alliance intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 29, 2014, AllSeen Alliance 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 4, 2014 (79 FR 12223).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 1, 2015. 
A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act on June 3, 2015 (80 FR 31618).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-18577 Filed 7-28-15; 8:45 am]
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