Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
Notice is hereby given that, on May 21, 2026, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), The Open Group, L.L.C. (“TOG”) 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, 4xBolt, Westerville, OH; AA T&S Services Ltd, London, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Adept Solutions (Pvt) Ltd, Harare, REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE; Africa-One Consulting and Research (Pty) Ltd, Pretoria, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; Allseas Engineering B.V., Delft, KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS; Analog Devices, Inc., Chelmsford, MA; Asesorías y Desarrollos Corporativos S.A., San José, REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA; Astronics Corporation, East Aurora, NY; Beckhoff Automation, LLC, Savage, MN; BlackCat Research, S.C., Mexico City, UNITED MEXICAN STATES; Brace Innovations (Pty) Ltd, Midrand, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; CAE USA, Inc., Arlington, TX; Caritas Information Services, LLC, Holly, MI; CAVU Aerospace, Inc., Stuttgart, AR; Center for Energy Studies, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, Houston, TX; Cuhullin Tech LLC, Nashville, TN; Curtis & Associates Limited, Douglas, ISLE OF MAN; Data Migration and Services LLC, Muscat, SULTANATE OF OMAN; Devitancy LLC, Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; Digital Energy Solutions Ltd, Woking, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Digital Solutions For Business SAS, Bogotá, REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA; EAMplify GmbH, Vaihingen an der Enz, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; ECV Technology Company Limited, Ho Chi Minh, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM; EDU Trainings s.r.o., Karlin, CZECH REPUBLIC; EFTECH Energy Solutions Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA; Flywheel Data, LLC, Reston, VA; Frame Data AI, Inc., Houston, TX; Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Phoenix, AZ; GC6 Accelerators Cyber Security Services L.L.C., Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; GeoMark Research, Ltd., Houston, TX; Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, CANADA; H&H Academy Canada, Vancouver, CANADA; Hytsioaboa Software Limited, Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; IA LABS SAS, Bogotá, REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA; Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail, Dublin, IRELAND; Idol Consulting Firm (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; IKM Information and Knowledge Management S.A.S, Bogotá, REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA; ILX Group Plc, Bracknell, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad, REPUBLIC OF INDIA; Intelance Digital Enablement Services Ltd, Staines, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Intelie, Inc., Houston, TX; Kiewit Nuclear Solutions, Lenexa, KS; Lark Aeronautics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; Massive Light, Spring, TX; Mastery Matrix, Pretoria, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; Micropol Fiberoptic, Inc, Beachwood, OH; MITS Institute (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; Nated Systems (Pty) Ltd, Durban, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; New Taipei City Government, Information Management Center, New Taipei City, REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN); Nomazangwa Consulting, Hartbeespoort, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; Norwegian Offshore Directorate, Stavanger, KINGDOM OF NORWAY; NTT DATA Spain, S.L.U., Madrid, KINGDOM OF SPAIN; Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, NC; Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, New Delhi, REPUBLIC OF INDIA; OSC Technical Solutions, LLC, Richland, WA; Palo Alto Networks Public Sector, LLC, Reston, VA; Police Digital Service, London, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Polyrhythm Software, LLC, Troy, OH; Psionic, Hampton, VA; QPC Fiber Optic, LLC, Laguna Niguel, CA; QUEST Global Services Pte. Ltd., Singapore, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE; Rajant Corporation, Malvern, PA; Rapita Systems Ltd, York, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Redeban S.A., Bogotá, REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA; Reflektis, Usquert, KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS; Rio Tinto, London, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Sharecat Solutions AS, Bergen, KINGDOM OF NORWAY; Signal Woods Limited, Warrington, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Simha Technologies (Pty) Ltd, Tshwane, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; Societe Morpho Unity, Djerba Midun, REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA; Stone Ridge Technology, Inc, Bel Air, MD; Tekdense Systems & Solutions Inc., Miami, FL; The Consulting Lab Inc., Chapel Hill, NC; The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; ThoughtsWin Systems, Inc., Surrey, CANADA; TP Power Plus Limited, Raipur, REPUBLIC OF INDIA; Tsecond, Inc., San Jose, CA; Tuwaiq Academy, Riyadh, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; University System of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and Vistra Operations Corp, Irving, TX, have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, 700Apps, Riyadh, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; Anywhere s.r.o., Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC; Arc Compute US LLC, Wilmington, DE; Avilution, L.L.C., Madison, AL; Banco de los Trabajadores, Guatemala, REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA; Barkman Enterprises, Inc., Fayetteville, GA; Bhavyam Infotech Pte Ltd, Ubi Crescent City, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE; Booz Allen Hamilton, Linthicum, MD; Brandywine Photonics, LLC, West Chester, PA; Business Connexion, Gauteng, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; Cinergix Pty. Ltd., Mentone, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA; Cognitive GeoInterpretation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL; Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation, Broadway, NJ; Core Avionics & Industria Inc., Tampa, FL; Corva AI, LLC, Houston, TX; Cubic Corporation, San Diego, CA; Cyber Pack Ventures, Inc., Columbia, MD; D3Clarity, Inc., Austin, TX; Debswana Diamond Company (Party) Ltd, Gaborone, REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA; Dianomic Systems, Inc., San Leandro, CA; DornerWorks, Ltd., Grand Rapids, MO; E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE; Eleven Six Ltd, Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ERM Group, Inc., Houston, TX; EXB Solutions, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; Expeditionary Engineering, Inc., San Diego, CA; Faculty Training Institute, Cape Town, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; FiberQA LLC, Old Lyme, CT; Getech Group plc, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; GIRD Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; Glex AS, Bergen, KINGDOM OF NORWAY; Goal Oriented Business, Cergy, FRENCH REPUBLIC; IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FRENCH REPUBLIC; Instituto de Informatica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL; Insulated Wire Inc., Bayport, NY; Interactive Network Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX; IT ( printed page 46163) Management Group, The Hague, KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS; IT Professionals SRL—ITAcademy, Bucuresti, ROMANIA; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; Justin Group Oy, Espoo, REPUBLIC OF FINLAND; Kalpra Tech Solutions LLC, Houston, TX; KAVCA AS, Oslo, KINGDOM OF NORWAY; Koch Capabilities, LLC, Wichita, KS; Kovrr, Inc., Wilmington, DE; MapLarge Inc., Atlanta, GA; Merck & Co., Inc., Branchburg, NJ; Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JAPAN; Mundo Cognito Ltd., Penn, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Net Zero Matrix Ltd., Douglas, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Next-Shot LLC, Sugar Land, TX; NOV, Houston, TX; Novus Labs, Hillsboro, OR; OptiPrise, Apeldoorn, KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS; ourGlobe LLC, Thun, SWISS CONFEDERATION; Palantir USG, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA, Warszawa, REPUBLIC OF POLAND; PTT Exploration and Production, Bangkok, KINGDOM OF THAILAND; Rapita Systems, Inc., Novi, MI; Reasonable Security Institute, Roseville, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA; Rolls-Royce plc, London, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; SABIC ATC Manufacturing, Riyadh, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; Sarder, Inc. d.b.a. NetCom Learning, New York, NY; Saudi Aramco, Houston, TX; Shanghai Information Training Center, Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; SNA Technologies Inc., Livonia, MO; Snowflake Inc., Bozeman, MT; Sotatek Intelligence Connection Group JSC, Hanoi, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM; Spectra A&D Acquisition, Inc., Alpharetta, GA; Stepwise AS, Oslo, KINGDOM OF NORWAY; StreamDSP, LLC, Columbus, OH; Sword Venture, Staines-Upon-Thames, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Talus Technologies Inc., Calgary, CANADA; The University of Melbourne, School of Computing and Information Systems, Parkville, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA; TOGETHER Business & Consulting S.r.l., Pilar, ARGENTINE REPUBLIC; TRM Technologies Inc., Ottawa, CANADA; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; VMWare Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Web Age Solutions Inc., Toronto, CANADA; Web Age Solutions Inc., Toronto, CANADA; WekaIO, Inc., Campbell, CA; Whitson AS, Trondheim, KINGDOM OF NORWAY; and ZDEN Technologies LLC, Edmond, OK, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
Additionally, Atkins Limited has changed its name to AtkinsRéalis Group Inc., Epsom, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Software GmbH to SAG Aris GmbH, Darmstadt, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; and Aramco Services Company to Aramco Americas Company, Houston, TX.
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 TOG intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On April 21, 1997, TOG 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 13, 1997 (62 FR 32371).
The last notification was filed with the Department on November 13, 2025. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on May 8, 2026 (91 FR 25373).
Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.