[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 65749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27114]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--TAI and Southwest Research Institute

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 24, 2011, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), TAI and SwRI Consortium for 
Advanced Research for the Development of Telecommunication and Security 
Tools (``TAISR'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) 
the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objective of the venture. 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. Pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties to the venture 
are: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, and Tridex 
Associates, Inc., Woodbridge, VA.
    The general area of TAISR's planned activities is to advance the 
field of security and telecommunications tools research and development 
by organizing and implementing joint engineering and scientific 
research activities. These activities will encompass the development of 
sophisticated telecommunication tools and or components in the 
engineering and scientific areas of electronic systems, hardware 
design, packaging and rapid prototyping.
    Membership in this research group is closed, and the participants 
intend to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in planned activities.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-27114 Filed 10-21-11; 8:45 am]
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