[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31909]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Storage Performance Council

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 29, 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''), Storage Performance Council 
(``SPC'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and principal place of business of the standards development 
organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development 
activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Storage 
Performance Council, Redwood City, CA. The nature and scope of SPC's 
standards development activities are: To serve as a catalyst for 
performance improvement in computer storage subsystems by developing 
benchmarks focusing on storage subsystems, facilitating third-party 
audits and peer review ofthe results of such benchmarks and publishing 
reports on the benchmark results.

 Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-31909 Filed 1-3-17; 8:45 am]
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