81 FR 37212 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Silicon Integration Initiative, 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 37212-37213]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13634]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 9, 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''), Silicon Integration Initiative, 
Inc. (``Si2'') 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, MIE Fujitsu Semiconductor, Limited, Yokohama City, JAPAN; 
IC Manage, Inc., Campbell, CA; SA Magillem Design Services, Paris, 
FRANCE; Minalogic, Grenoble, FRANCE; Ricoh Electronic Devices Company, 
Limited, Osaka, JAPAN; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Guilford, CT; and 
Broadcom, Ltd., San Jose, CA, have been added as parties to this 
venture.

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    Also, AIST, Tokyo, JAPAN; ARM, Cambridge, MA; Berkeley Wireless 
Research Center, Berkley, CA; Blackcomb Design Automation, Inc. 
Vancouver, CANADA; IMEC, Heverlee, BELGIUM, Qorvo, Richardson, TX, Sage 
Design Automation, Santa Clara, CA; SiConTech, Inc., Austin, TX; STARC, 
Tokohama, JAPAN; Tyndall National Institute, Cork City, IRELAND; United 
Microelectronics Corporation, Hsinchu City, TAIWAN; Altera, San Jose, 
CA; Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA; and Avago Technologies, Ltd., San 
Jose, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 Si2 intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On December 30, 1988, Si2 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 13, 1989 (54 FR 10456).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 
28, 2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on November 16, 2015 (80 FR 70837).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-13634 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am]
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