[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 69670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22246]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Decentralized Storage Alliance Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 1, 2023, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Decentralized Storage Alliance 
Association (``DSAA'') 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: Protocol Labs, Inc., Wilmington, DE; Filecoin 
Foundation, Middletown, DE; PiKNiK & Company, San Diego, CA; and 
International Computer Concepts, Inc., Northbrook, IL. The general area 
of DSAA's planned activity is to (a) develop and promote decentralized 
storage technologies and protocols and (b) undertake such other 
activities as may from time to time be appropriate to further the 
purposes and achieve the goals set forth above.
    Membership in DSAA remains open and DSAA intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-22246 Filed 10-5-23; 8:45 am]
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