[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 155 (Thursday, August 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 53162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19042]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Heterogeneous System Architecture Foundation

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 7, 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''), Heterogeneous System Architecture 
Foundation (``HSA Foundation'') 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, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-
Nurnberg (FAU), Erlangen, GERMANY, has been added as a party to this 
venture.
    Also, Sonics, Inc., Milpitas, CA; Tensilica, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; 
STMicroelectronics International, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Analog 
Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA; Industrial Technology Research Institute of 
Taiwan, Hsinchu, TAIWAN; VIA Technologies, Inc., New Taipei City, 
TAIWAN; System Software Lab National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 
TAIWAN; and Tsinghua University, Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 
have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 
HSA Foundation intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On August 31, 2012, HSA Foundation 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 October 11, 2012 (77 FR 61786).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 12, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 18, 2016 (81 FR 31259).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-19042 Filed 8-10-16; 8:45 am]
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