81 FR 89978 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research And Production Act of 1993-Telemanagement Forum

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 239 (December 13, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 89978]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29905]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research And 
Production Act of 1993--Telemanagement Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 24, 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''), TeleManagement Forum (``The 
Forum'') 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, Sopra 
Steria TME, Paris, FRANCE; INVITE Communications Co. Ltd., Tokyo, 
JAPAN; Higher Logic, LLC, Arlington, VA; Alaska Communications Systems 
Holdings, Inc., Anchorage, AK; Smart City and Intelligent Computing 
Research Center of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA; Shanghai Academy, Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Savvi AU 
Pty Ltd., Collingwood, AUSTRALIA; N-able (Pvt) Ltd., Colombo, SRI 
LANKA; Bercut LLC, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA; Smart Social City, Madrid, 
SPAIN; Mauritius Telecom, Port Louis, MAURITIUS; Vertical Telecoms Pty 
Ltd., Alexandria, AUSTRALIA; TransWare AG, Kusel, GERMANY; Ipronto 
Communications B.V., Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS; BLUGEM COMMUNICATIONS 
LIMITED, Barnstaple, UNITED KINGDOM; Vodafone Hutchison Australia, 
North Sydney, AUSTRALIA; Elastic Path Software Inc., Vancouver, CANADA; 
Intellity Consulting, SpA, Santiago, CHILE; T-Systems International 
Services GmbH, Frankfurt, GERMANY; Modern Telecom Systems IT, Cairo, 
EGYPT; Xavient Information Systems Inc., Simi Valley, CA; Isle of Man--
MICTA, Ballasalla, ISLE OF MAN; MobileAware, Inc., Boston, MA; and 
GRNET S.A., Athens, GREECE, have been added as a parties to this 
venture.
    Also, the following members have changed their names: Datalynx 
Holding AG to Datalynx AG, Basel-Stadt, SWITZERLAND; Cogeco Cable Inc. 
to Cogeco Communications, Montreal, CANADA; Symsoft AB Solutions to 
Symsoft AB, Stockholm, SWEDEN; and MDS to MDS Global, Warrington, 
UNITED KINGDOM.
    In addition, the following parties have withdrawn as parties to 
this venture: 3Consulting, Lagos, NIGERIA; Blackbridge Associates, 
Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; Bright Consulting, Sofia, BULGARIA; Cox 
Communications, Atlanta, GA; CyberFlow Analytics, La Jolla, CA; 
Facebook, Menlo Park, CA; GCHQ, Cheltenham, UNITED KINGDOM; Icaro 
Technologies, Campinas, BRAZIL; ISPIN AG, Bassersdorf, SWITZERLAND; 
itcps Management Consulting AG, Wollerau, SWITZERLAND; Jastorrie.com, 
Maidenhead, UNITED KINGDOM; Jetsynthesys, Pune, INDIA; Kron 
Telekomunikasyon A.S., Istanbul, TURKEY; NetBoss Technologies, Inc., 
Sebastian, FL; Nextel Brazil, Sao Paolo, BRAZIL; NOS 
Comunica[ccedil][otilde]es, Lisbon, PORTUGAL; Oliver Solutions Ltd., 
Herzlia, ISRAEL; OpenLimits Business Solutions Lda, Coimbra, PORTUGAL; 
ORB SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS PTE LTD, Singapore, SINGAPORE; PacketFront 
Software Solutions AB, Kista, SWEDEN; Parkyeri, Istanbul, TURKEY; RAO 
Infosystems, Mysore, INDIA; Ridgeline Solutions Australia, Manuka, 
AUSTRALIA; Righteous Technologies, Hyderabad, INDIA; SATEC GROUP, 
Madrid, SPAIN; Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA; TEO LT, AB, 
Vilnius, LITHUANIA; Transverse, Austin, TX; Unscrambl LLC, Atlanta, GA; 
Verizon Telematics, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Viavi Solutions, Muehleweg, 
GERMANY; V[iacute]sent, Bras[iacute]lia, BRAZIL; Vitria Technology, 
Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; and Yozma Timeturns, Kinshasa, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 
OF CONGO.
    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 The Forum intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1988, The Forum 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 December 8, 1988 (53 FR 49615).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 18, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 18, 2016 (81 FR 55234).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-29905 Filed 12-12-16; 8:45 am]
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