[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 869-870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31902]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Spectrum Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 16, 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''), National Spectrum 
Consortium (``NSC'') 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, Columbia University, New York, NY; Intuitive Research and 
Technology Corporation, Huntsville, AL; and Abside Networks, Inc., 
Acton, MA, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Expression Networks, LLC, McLean, VA; Hughes Network Systems, 
LLC, Germantown, MD; Disney-ABC TV Group, New York, NY; Constellation 
Data Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; Shenandoah Research and Technology, 
LLC, Mount Jackson, VA; Ideal Innovations Incorporated, Arlington, VA; 
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Haigh-Farr, Inc., Bedford, NH; 
RWC, LLC, Annapolis, MD; and Metric Systems Corporation, Vista, CA, 
have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 NSC intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 24, 2014, NSC 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 
November 4, 2014 (79 FR 65424).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 16, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 20, 2016 (81 FR 64507).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-31902 Filed 1-3-17; 8:45 am]
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