82 FR 61794 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group on ROS-Industrial Consortium-Americas

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 249 (December 29, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 249 (Friday, December 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61794]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28130]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on ROS-Industrial 
Consortium-Americas

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 30, 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''), Southwest Research 
Institute--Cooperative Research Group on ROS-Industrial Consortium-
Americas (``RIC-Americas'') 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, Deere & Company, Moline, IL; Siemens 
Corporation, Berkeley, CA; Modbot Inc., San Francisco, CA; and Rethink 
Robotics, Inc., Boston, MA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 RIC-Americas intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership 
or planned activities.
    On April 30, 2014, RIC-Americas 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 June 9, 2014 (79 FR 32999).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 18, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 13, 2017 (82 FR 52319).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-28130 Filed 12-28-17; 8:45 am]
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