81 FR 37211 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-fd.io Project, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 111 (June 9, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37211-37212]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13629]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--fd.io Project, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 4, 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''), fd.io Project, Inc. (``fd.io'') 
has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities 
of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the 
venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR; Brocade 
Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Inocybe Technologies Inc., 
Gatineau, Quebec City, CANADA; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Bantian,

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Longgang District, Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Cisco Systems, 
Inc., Milpitas, CA; PLUMgrid, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; NXP Semiconductor 
Inc. (Freescale), Austin, TX; Mesosphere Inc., San Francisco, CA; 
Metaswitch Networks, San Francisco, CA; Cavium Networks, Inc., San 
Jose, CA; Ericsson, Kista, SWEDEN; Comcast, Philadelphia, PA; Red Hat, 
Inc., Raleigh, NC; and 6 WIND, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, FRANCE.
    The general area of fd.io's planned activity are to: (a) Drive the 
evolution of IO services (IO, processing, and management agents for 
networking, storage, and other types of IO) through a neutral community 
delivering open source software that supports deployment models 
including cloud, NFV, container, bare metal networking, storage, and 
other types of IO, in order to create a high performance, modular, and 
extensible open source platform fostering innovation in IO services 
(``the Platform''); (b) host a collection of projects that form a 
cohesive code base for open community based development, enhanced 
component compatibility and interoperability, greater choice and 
flexibility for data plane developers, and an open environment for IO 
services development and technology adoption; (c) support and maintain 
the strategic framework of the Platform through the technologies made 
available by the organization to make the Platform a success; (d) 
support and maintain policies set by the Board of Directors of the 
Joint Venture; (e) promote such Platform worldwide; (f) create and 
maintain programs regarding the use of Joint Venture trademarks; and 
(g) undertake such other activities as may from time to time be 
appropriate to further the purposes and achieve the goals set forth 
above.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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