[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 240 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86939-86940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27580]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Alliance for OpenUSD Series LLC

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 30, 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''), Alliance for OpenUSD Series 
LLC (``AOUSD'') 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

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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: Alliance for 
OpenUSD Series LLC, series of Joint Development Foundation Projects, 
LLC, Dover, DE. The nature and scope of AOUSD's standards development 
activities are: standardizing, developing, and evolving Universal Scene 
Description (USD) in an open forum to promote interoperability of 3D 
content to empower creators and consumers worldwide. AOUSD will 
initially focus on standardizing essential features of USD (including 
technical details or requirements on composition model, file format, 
data model, and schema) that are stable, understood, implemented and 
important for 3D authoring and transmission. In the future, AOUSD may 
also develop additional standards specifications to promote 
interoperability of 3D content through USD. AOUSD will also develop 
educational, marketing, and informational materials to facilitate the 
understanding and adoption of its standards.

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-27580 Filed 12-14-23; 8:45 am]
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