82632 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 198 / Friday, October 11, 2024 / Notices 

Partners FZ LLC, Dubai, UNITED ARAB 

EMIRATES; F2V CONSEIL, Lyon, 

FRANCE; Fujitsu, Kawasaki, JAPAN; 

Gn0man, Glen Ellyn, IL; IO-Transform 

Ltd, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Jisc 

Services Limited, Didcot, UNITED 

KINGDOM; Maxis Broadband Sdn Bhd, 

Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA; M-net 

Telekommunikations GmbH, Nu ̈rnberg, 

GERMANY; Ncell, Bagmati, NEPAL; 

Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia, La Paz, 

BOLIVIA; Paus TV (barndoor 

Technology Limited), Liverpool, 

UNITED KINGDOM; Separate Reality 

Ltd, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UNITED 

KINGDOM; Telecom Consultants— 

TCOVA, Kerava, FINLAND; Telecom 

Italia Sparkle S.p.A., Rome, ITALY; 

TEOCO Corporation, Fairfax, VA; 

Tracfone Wireless, Inc, Miami, FL; and 

Workato Europe SA, Barcelona, SPAIN, 

have withdrawn as parties to this 

venture. 

Additionally, the following members 

have changed their names: Viettel 

Corporation to Viettel Group, Hanoi, 

VIETNAM; CGI Info Systems 

Management Consulting Inc. to CGI 

Information Systems and Management 

Consultants Inc., Toronto, CANADA; 

Intraway Corp to Symphonica, Capital 

Federal, ARGENTINA; NATEC RD LLC 

to MEF.DEV, Funchal, PORTUGAL; and 

TalkTalk Group to PlatformX 

Communications (PXC), Salford, 

UNITED KINGDOM. 

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 the Forum 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On October 21, 1988, the Forum 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 8, 1988 (53 

FR 49615). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on April 19, 2024. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on June 21, 2024 (89 FR 52088). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23613 Filed 10–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Petroleum Environmental 

Research Forum 

Notice is hereby given that, on July 

15, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Petroleum 

Environmental Research Forum 

(‘‘PERF’’) 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, CDM Smith Inc., Houston, 

TX, has been added 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 PERF intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On February 10, 1986, PERF 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 March 14, 1986 (51 FR 8903). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on June 2, 2023. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on August 22, 2023 (88 FR 57129). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23598 Filed 10–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Global Synchronizer 

Foundation 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 18, 2024, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Global Synchronizer Foundation 

(‘‘GSF’’) 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: Global Blockchain Business 

Council, Geneve, SWITZERLAND; 

IntellectEU, Miami, FL; Tradeweb 

Markets LLC, New York, NY; SBI Digital 

Asset Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; 

Calastone Limited, London, UNITED 

KINGDOM; EquiLend, New York, NY; 

7RIDGE Limited, London, UNITED 

KINGDOM; Broadridge Financial 

Solutions, Lake Success, NY; BitAlpha, 

Inc., Miami, FL; Cumberland SV, LLC, 

Chicago, IL; Digital Asset (Switzerland), 

GmbH, Zurich, SWITZERLAND; 

Euroclear SA/NV, Brussels, BELGIUM; 

Kaleido, Inc., Raleigh, NC; Lending 

Market Technologies, Miami, FL; 

Moody’s Investors Service, New York, 

NY; MPC Holding, Inc., Concord, NH; 

Obsidian Systems, Claymont, DE; 

Taurus SA, Geneva, SWITZERLAND; 

and Liberty City Ventures, New York, 

NY. The general area of GSF’s planned 

activity is to raise, budget, and spend 

funds in support of running a 

‘‘SuperValidator Node’’ on the Canton 

Network (the financial industry’s first 

privacy-enabled blockchain network); to 

support the operation of the Canton 

Network through acting as a 

synchronizer; and to undertake such 

other activities as may from time to time 

be appropriate to further such purpose. 

Membership in GSF remains open, and 

GSF intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23624 Filed 10–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Utility Broadband 

Alliance, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on July 

23, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Utility Broadband 

Alliance, Inc., (‘‘UBBA’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 


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