[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 240 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 86933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27583]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Z-Wave Alliance, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 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''), Z-Wave Alliance, Inc. (the 
``Joint Venture'') 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, Institute of Digital Guangdong, Guangzhou, PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Versa Wireless Inc., Surrey, CANADA; Omar Abed 
Alkarim Darwish, Ypsilanti, MI; and Trident IoT LLC, Carlsbad, CA have 
joined as parties to the venture.
    Also, Technicolor Connected Home Rennes, Cesson-Sevigne Cedex, 
FRANCE; Technicolor Connected Home USA, LLC, Lawrenceville, GA; Control 
& More, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA; Smart AT For You, Teneriffe, AUSTRALIA; 
Namron AS, Oslo, NORWAY; Takacs Milan EV, Szigetmonostor, HUNGARY; and 
Octo Telematics SpA, Rome, ITALY have withdrawn as parties to the 
venture.
    In addition, an existing member, Allterco Robotics EOOD, has 
changed its name to Shelly Europe Ltd., Sofia, BULGARIA.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or the 
planned activity of the venture. Membership in this venture remains 
open, and the Joint Venture intends to file additional written 
notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 19, 2020, the Joint Venture 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 December 1, 2020 (85 FR 77241).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 4, 
2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on October 6, 2023 (88 FR 69672).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-27583 Filed 12-14-23; 8:45 am]
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