82 FR 33516 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Wireless Industrial Technology Konsortium, Inc.

Department of Justice
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 138 (July 20, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 33516]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15240]


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 Department of Justice

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Wireless Industrial Technology Konsortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 20, 2017, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Wireless Industrial Technology 
Konsortium, Inc. (``WITEK'') 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, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX, has 
been added 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 WITEK intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On August 8, 2008, WITEK 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 18, 2008 (73 FR 54170).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 24, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 22, 2015 (80 FR 43473).

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