83_FR_17929 83 FR 17850 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

83 FR 17850 - 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 83, Issue 79 (April 24, 2018)

Page Range17850-17851
FR Document2018-08438

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17850-17851]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08438]


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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 March 30, 2018, 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, Accelerate Learning, Houston, TX; ASU Prep Digital, 
Tempe, AZ; Colorado Virtual Academy, Lakewood, CO; Edina Public 
Schools, Edina, MN; Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY; 
Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA; Mastery Transcript 
Consortium, Gate Mills, OH; ScholarChip Card LLC, Hicksville, NY; 
School District of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL; Spring 
Branch Independent School District, Houston, TX; String Theory Public 
Schools, Philadelphia, PA; University of Wisconsin System 
Administration, Madison, WI; and Wisconsin eSchool Network, Webster, 
WI, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible 
Media at WGBH, Boston, MA; Cobb County School District, Smyrna, GA; 
Civitas Learning, Austin, TX; University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, 
TX; AMAC--Accessibility Solutions and Research Center, Atlanta, GA; and 
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, have withdrawn as parties to 
this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned

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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 January 12, 
2018. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6050).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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                                               Parties are to file public interest                     directly competitive articles in the                  of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337),
                                               submissions pursuant to Commission                      United States, or United States                       and of sections 201.10 and 210.50 of the
                                               rules.                                                  consumers.                                            Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                          In particular, the Commission is                   Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.50).
                                               Houda Morad, Office of the General                      interested in comments that:                            By order of the Commission.
                                               Counsel, U.S. International Trade                          (i) Explain how the articles
                                                                                                                                                               Issued: April 19, 2018.
                                               Commission, 500 E Street SW,                            potentially subject to the recommended
                                                                                                       orders are used in the United States;                 Lisa Barton,
                                               Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)                                                                         Secretary to the Commission.
                                                                                                          (ii) Identify any public health, safety,
                                               708–4716. The public version of the
                                                                                                       or welfare concerns in the United States              [FR Doc. 2018–08486 Filed 4–23–18; 8:45 am]
                                               complaint can be accessed on the
                                                                                                       relating to the recommended orders;                   BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
                                               Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)                      (iii) Identify like or directly
                                               at https://edis.usitc.gov, and will be                  competitive articles that complainants,
                                               available for inspection during official                their licensees, or third parties make in
                                               business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.)                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                                                                       the United States which could replace
                                               in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.                    the subject articles if they were to be               Antitrust Division
                                               International Trade Commission, 500 E                   excluded;
                                               Street SW, Washington, DC 20436,                           (iv) Indicate whether complainants,                Notice Pursuant to the National
                                               telephone (202) 205–2000.                               complainants’ licensees, and/or third                 Cooperative Research and Production
                                                  General information concerning the                   party suppliers have the capacity to                  Act of 1993—IMS Global Learning
                                               Commission may also be obtained by                      replace the volume of articles                        Consortium, Inc.
                                               accessing its internet server (https://                 potentially subject to the recommended
                                               www.usitc.gov). The public record for                   exclusion order and/or a cease and                       Notice is hereby given that, on March
                                               this investigation may be viewed on the                 desist order within a commercially                    30, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the
                                               Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)                   reasonable time; and                                  National Cooperative Research and
                                               at https://edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-                        (v) Explain how the LEO and CDO                    Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
                                               impaired persons are advised that                       would impact consumers in the United                  et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), IMS Global Learning
                                               information on this matter can be                       States.                                               Consortium, Inc. (‘‘IMS Global’’) has
                                               obtained by contacting the                                 Written submissions from the public                filed written notifications
                                               Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)                      must be filed no later than close of                  simultaneously with the Attorney
                                               205–1810.                                               business on Friday, May 18, 2018.                     General and the Federal Trade
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section                         Persons filing written submissions                 Commission disclosing changes in its
                                               337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 provides                  must file the original document                       membership. The notifications were
                                               that if the Commission finds a violation                electronically on or before the deadlines             filed for the purpose of extending the
                                               it shall exclude the articles concerned                 stated above and submit 8 true paper                  Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of
                                               from the United States:                                 copies to the Office of the Secretary by              antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages
                                                  unless, after considering the effect of such         noon the next day pursuant to section                 under specified circumstances.
                                               exclusion upon the public health and                    210.4(f) of the Commission’s Rules of                 Specifically, Accelerate Learning,
                                               welfare, competitive conditions in the United           Practice and Procedure (19 CFR                        Houston, TX; ASU Prep Digital, Tempe,
                                               States economy, the production of like or               210.4(f)). Submissions should refer to                AZ; Colorado Virtual Academy,
                                               directly competitive articles in the United             the investigation number (‘‘Inv. No.                  Lakewood, CO; Edina Public Schools,
                                               States, and United States consumers, it finds           337–TA–1044’’) in a prominent place on                Edina, MN; Fayette County Public
                                               that such articles should not be excluded                                                                     Schools, Lexington, KY; Georgia
                                               from entry.
                                                                                                       the cover page and/or the first page. See
                                                                                                       Handbook on Filing Procedures, https://               Department of Education, Atlanta, GA;
                                               19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1). A similar                         www.usitc.gov/secretary/documents/                    Mastery Transcript Consortium, Gate
                                               provision applies to cease and desist                   handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf.                    Mills, OH; ScholarChip Card LLC,
                                               orders. 19 U.S.C. 1337(f)(1).                           Persons with questions regarding filing               Hicksville, NY; School District of Palm
                                                  The Commission is interested in                      should contact the Secretary (202–205–                Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL;
                                               further development of the record on                    2000).                                                Spring Branch Independent School
                                               the public interest in these                               Any person desiring to submit a                    District, Houston, TX; String Theory
                                               investigations. Accordingly, parties are                document to the Commission in                         Public Schools, Philadelphia, PA;
                                               to file public interest submissions                     confidence must request confidential                  University of Wisconsin System
                                               pursuant to 19 CFR 210.50(a)(4). In                     treatment. All such requests should be                Administration, Madison, WI; and
                                               addition, members of the public are                     directed to the Secretary to the                      Wisconsin eSchool Network, Webster,
                                               hereby invited to file submissions of no                Commission and must include a full                    WI, have been added as parties to this
                                               more than five (5) pages, inclusive of                  statement of the reasons why the                      venture.
                                               attachments, concerning the public                      Commission should grant such                             Also, Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family
                                               interest in light of the administrative                 treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents                National Center for Accessible Media at
                                               law judge’s Recommended                                 for which confidential treatment by the               WGBH, Boston, MA; Cobb County
                                               Determination on Remedy and Bond                        Commission is properly sought will be                 School District, Smyrna, GA; Civitas
                                               issued in this investigation on April 13,               treated accordingly. A redacted non-                  Learning, Austin, TX; University of
                                               2018. Comments should address                           confidential version of the document                  Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX;
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                                               whether issuance of the LEO and CDO                     must also be filed simultaneously with                AMAC—Accessibility Solutions and
                                               in this investigation, should the                       any confidential filing. All non-                     Research Center, Atlanta, GA; and
                                               Commission find a violation, would                      confidential written submissions will be              University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
                                               affect the public health and welfare in                 available for public inspection at the                TX, have withdrawn as parties to this
                                               the United States, competitive                          Office of the Secretary and on EDIS.                  venture.
                                               conditions in the United States                            This action is taken under the                        No other changes have been made in
                                               economy, the production of like or                      authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act            either the membership or planned


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                                               activity of the group research project.                 Pharmaceuticals Inc., Carlsbad, CA;                      On November 22, 2000, PXI Systems
                                               Membership in this group research                       Chris L. Waller (individual), Brookline,              filed its original notification pursuant to
                                               project remains open, and IMS Global                    MA; and IPQ Analytics LLC, Kennett                    Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department
                                               intends to file additional written                      Square, PA, have withdrawn as parties                 of Justice published a notice in the
                                               notifications disclosing all changes in                 to this venture.                                      Federal Register pursuant to Section
                                               membership.                                                No other changes have been made in                 6(b) of the Act on March 8, 2001 (66 FR
                                                 On April 7, 2000, IMS Global filed its                either the membership or planned                      13971).
                                               original notification pursuant to Section               activity of the group research project.                  The last notification was filed with
                                               6(a) of the Act. The Department of                      Membership in this group research                     the Department on December 18, 2017.
                                               Justice published a notice in the Federal               project remains open, and Pistoia                     A notice was published in the Federal
                                               Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the                Alliance, Inc. intends to file additional             Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
                                               Act on September 13, 2000 (65 FR                        written notifications disclosing all                  Act on January 22, 2018 (83 FR 3026).
                                               55283).                                                 changes in membership.                                Patricia A. Brink,
                                                 The last notification was filed with                     On May 28, 2009, Pistoia Alliance,
                                               the Department on January 12, 2018. A                                                                         Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
                                                                                                       Inc. filed its original notification                  Division.
                                               notice was published in the Federal                     pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The
                                                                                                                                                             [FR Doc. 2018–08437 Filed 4–23–18; 8:45 am]
                                               Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the                Department of Justice published a notice
                                               Act on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6050).                                                                        BILLING CODE 4410–11–P
                                                                                                       in the Federal Register pursuant to
                                               Patricia A. Brink,
                                                                                                       Section 6(b) of the Act on July 15, 2009
                                                                                                       (74 FR 34364).                                        DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                               Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
                                                                                                          The last notification was filed with
                                               Division.
                                                                                                       the Department on December 14, 2017.                  Antitrust Division
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–08438 Filed 4–23–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       A notice was published in the Federal
                                               BILLING CODE 4410–11–P
                                                                                                       Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the              Notice Pursuant to the National
                                                                                                       Act on January 22, 2018 (83 FR 3026).                 Cooperative Research and Production
                                               DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                   Patricia A. Brink,
                                                                                                                                                             Act of 1993—Cooperative Research
                                                                                                                                                             Group on Corrosion Under Insulation
                                                                                                       Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
                                               Antitrust Division                                      Division.                                                Notice is hereby given that, on March
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–08441 Filed 4–23–18; 8:45 am]           22, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the
                                               Notice Pursuant to the National
                                                                                                       BILLING CODE 4410–11–P                                National Cooperative Research and
                                               Cooperative Research and Production
                                                                                                                                                             Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
                                               Act Of 1993—Pistoia Alliance, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                             et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Southwest Research
                                                  Notice is hereby given that, on March                DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                 Institute—Cooperative Research Group
                                               6, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the                                                                      on Cooperative Research Group on
                                               National Cooperative Research and                       Antitrust Division                                    Corrosion Under Insulation (‘‘CUI–JIP’’)
                                               Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301                                                                        has filed written notifications
                                                                                                       Notice Pursuant to the National
                                               et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Pistoia Alliance, Inc.                                                                 simultaneously with the Attorney
                                                                                                       Cooperative Research and Production
                                               (‘‘Pistoia Alliance, Inc.’’) has filed                                                                        General and the Federal Trade
                                                                                                       Act of 1993—PXI Systems Alliance,
                                               written notifications simultaneously                                                                          Commission disclosing (1) the identities
                                                                                                       Inc.
                                               with the Attorney General and the                                                                             of the parties to the venture and (2) the
                                               Federal Trade Commission disclosing                        Notice is hereby given that, on March              nature and objectives of the venture.
                                               changes in its membership. The                          26, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the             The notifications were filed for the
                                               notifications were filed for the purpose                National Cooperative Research and                     purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions
                                               of extending the Act’s provisions                       Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301                limiting the recovery of antitrust
                                               limiting the recovery of antitrust                      et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), PXI Systems                    plaintiffs to actual damages under
                                               plaintiffs to actual damages under                      Alliance, Inc. (‘‘PXI Systems’’) has filed            specified circumstances.
                                               specified circumstances. Specifically,                  written notifications simultaneously                     Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act,
                                               Transformative AI Limited, London,                      with the Attorney General and the                     the identity of the parties to the venture
                                               UNITED KINGDOM; DISCNGINE, Paris,                       Federal Trade Commission disclosing                   are: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.,
                                               FRANCE; MediSapiens Ltd, Helsinki,                      changes in its membership. The                        Allentown, PA; Armacell Engineered
                                               FINLAND; Elemental Machines,                            notifications were filed for the purpose              Systems Ltd, Hammersmith, London,
                                               Cambridge, MA; Corne Nous                               of extending the Act’s provisions                     UK; Aspen Aerogels, Inc.,
                                               (individual), Eindhoven, THE                            limiting the recovery of antitrust                    Northborough, MA; BP American
                                               NETHERLANDS; EPAM Systems Inc.,                         plaintiffs to actual damages under                    Production Company, Inc., Houston,
                                               Newtown, PA; Thomas Doerner                             specified circumstances. Specifically,                TX; Carboline Company, St. Louis, MO;
                                               (individual), Loerrach, GERMANY;                        Wistron Corporation, Hsinchu,                         Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Richmond, CA;
                                               RockStep Solutions Inc., Portland, ME;                  TAIWAN; and Pentair Technical                         ExxonMobil Production Company,
                                               Chris Morris (individual), Warrington,                  Solutions, Straubenhardt, GERMANY,                    Spring, TX; Industrial Insulation Group
                                               UNITED KINGDOM; Gerd Blanke                             have been added as parties to this                    LLC, Denver, CO; International Paint,
                                               (individual), Essen, GERMANY;                           venture.                                              Ltd., Gateshead, Slough, UK; Jotun A/S,
                                               Christopher Hart (individual), Didsbury,                   No other changes have been made in                 Sandefjor, NORWAY; PPG Industries,
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                                               UNITED KINGDOM; Manfred Remer                           either the membership or planned                      Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Promat, Inc.,
                                               (individual), Burwedel, GERMANY; and                    activity of the group research project.               Maryville, TN; Roxul, Inc., The
                                               Data2Discovery, Bloomington, IN, have                   Membership in this group research                     Woodlands, TX; Statoil Petroleum AS,
                                               been added as parties to this venture.                  project remains open, and PXI Systems                 Stavanger, NORWAY; Tenaris
                                                  Also, Boehringer Ingelheim                           intends to file additional written                    Connections B.V., Amsterdam, THE
                                               International GmBH, Ingelheim am                        notifications disclosing all changes in               NETHERLANDS; and The Sherwin-
                                               Rhein, GERMANY; Ionis                                   membership.                                           Williams Company, Cleveland, OH.


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