81 FR 70705 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 198 (October 13, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70705-70706]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24722]


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 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 30, 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''), IMS Global Learning 
Consortium, Inc. (``IMS Global'') 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, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; 
Clayton County Public School, Jonesboro, GA; Japan Electronic 
Publishing Association, Tokyo, JAPAN; Pittsburgh Public Schools, 
Pittsburgh, PA; Polk County Public Schools, Bartow, FL; Portfolium, 
Inc., San Diego, CA; UNINETT AS, Trondheim, NORWAY; and The University 
of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA, have been 
added as parties to this venture.
    Also, MediaCore, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA, has withdrawn 
as a party 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 IMS Global intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 7, 2000, IMS Global 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 September 13, 2000 (65 FR 55283).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 8, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal

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Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on July 6, 2016 (81 FR 
44048).

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