82 FR 871 - 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 82, Issue 2 (January 4, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 871]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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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 November 21, 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, BNED LoudCloud, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ; 
Chalk & Wire Learning Assessment Inc., Ridgeway, Ontario, CANADA; 
Fidelis Inc., Redwood City, CA; Kimono, Salt Lake City, UT; Loudon 
County Public Schools, Ashburn, VA; OpenEd, San Jose, CA; Oregon State 
University, Corvallis, OR; Unicon, Gilbert, AZ; University of 
California San Diego, La Jolla, CA; University of Florida, Gainesville, 
FL; and VHS, Inc., Maynard, MA, have been added as parties to this 
venture.
    Also, Qualcomm, San Diego, CA; EdX, Cambridge, MA; Seoul Cyber 
University, Seoul, KOREA; and Data Recognition Corp., Maple Grove, MN, 
have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 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 August 30, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 13, 2016 (81 FR 70705).

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