81 FR 32776 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-PDES, INC.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 100 (May 24, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 32776]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12189]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--PDES, INC.

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 20, 2016, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), PDES, Inc. (``PDES''), 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, Airbus, Blagnac, 
FRANCE; BAE Systems, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Boeing Company, Seattle, 
WA; Boost Conseil, Paris, FRANCE; Capvidia, Leuven, BELGIUM; CT Core 
Technologie, Southfield, MI; Dassault Systemes, Provence, FRANCE; 
Embraer, S[atilde]o Paulo, BRAZIL; Engesis, Rome, ITALY; Eurostep 
Limited, Stockholm, SWEDEN; General Electric, Cincinnati, OH; Georgia 
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; Goodrich, Ontario, CANADA; 
Gulfstream Aerospace, Savannah, GA; Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ; 
International TechneGroup Incorporated (formerly ITI TranscenData), 
Milford, OH; JOTNE EPM Technology, Oslo, NORWAY; LKSoftWare GmbH, 
Kuenzell, GERMANY; Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Ft. Worth, TX; NARA, 
Rocket Center, WV; NASA, Huntsville, AL; NIST, Gaithersburg, MD; OSD 
ManTech, Redstone Arsenal, AL; PTC, Blaine, ME; Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, IN; Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM; Theorem 
Solutions, Staffordshire, UNITED KINGDOM; and University of South 
Carolina, Columbia, SC, have been added as parties to this venture.
    In addition, the following parties have withdrawn as parties to 
this venture: Watervliet Arsenal/Tobyhanna Army Depot, Watervliet, NY; 
CostVision, Boulder, CO; Delphi Delco Electronics, Kokomo, IA; DoD/
RAMP, Crane, IN; General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, CT; 
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; General Motors Corporation, Warren, 
MI; IBM Corporation, Southburg, CT; IDA Inc., Westchester, IL; 
Integrated Support Systems, Inc., Clemson, SC; MacNeal-Schwendler 
Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; Northrop Grumman Corporation, Pico 
Rivera, CA; Parametrics Technology Corporation, Waltham, MA; Rockwell 
Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA; Rolls Royce plc, Derby, UNITED KINGDOM; STEP 
Tools Inc., Troy, NY; and United Technologies Corporation/Pratt & 
Whitney, Hartford, CT.
    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 PDES intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 20, 1988, PDES 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 October 14, 1988 (53 FR 40282).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 26, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on January 28, 1999 (64 FR 4470).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-12189 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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