[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26092-26093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12063]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on ROS-Industrial 
Consortium Americas

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 25, 2018, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research Institute--
Cooperative Research Group on ROS-Industrial Consortium-Americas 
(``RIC-Americas'') 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, Systems Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; 
Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg, Inc., Columbus, IN; and Deere & 
Company, Moline, IL, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, KATERRA, Menlo Park, CA, has withdrawn as a party to this 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 RIC-Americas intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 30, 2014, RIC-Americas 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

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6(b) of the Act on June 9, 2014 (79 FR 32999).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 5, 
2018. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6050).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-12063 Filed 6-4-18; 8:45 am]
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