[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 80087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27402]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Vendor Security Alliance

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 19, 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''), Vendor Security Alliance 
(``VSA'') 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 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking 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: Airbnb, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Atlassian Pty 
Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia; Docker, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; Dropbox, 
Inc., San Francisco, CA; GoDaddy.com, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ; Palantir 
Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA; 
Twitter, Inc., San Francisco, CA; and Uber Technologies, Inc., San 
Francisco, CA.
    The general area of VSA's planned activity is: Improving Internet 
security and streamlining vendor security compliance by developing a 
standardized way for companies to assess cybersecurity practices.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-27402 Filed 11-14-16; 8:45 am]
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