[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38938-38939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17333]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Open Group, L.L.C.

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 24, 2017, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), The Open Group, L.L.C. (``TOG'') 
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, AGESIC, 
Montevideo, URUGUAY; AVTECH Institute of Technology, Shanghai, PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Axellience, Lille, FRANCE; Azbil Corporation, Tokyo, 
JAPAN; Bayer Business Services GmbH, Leverkusen, GERMANY; BusinessNow, 
S[oslash]borg, DENMARK; Bvolve B.V., Amersfoort, THE NETHERLANDS; 
Crossfield Technology, LLC, Austin, TX; Depaus Holding B.V., Amsterdam, 
THE NETHERLANDS; Elma Electronic, Inc., Fremont, CA; Hargrove Controls 
+ Automation, LLC, Mobile, AL; Jemmac Software Ltd., Cranfield, UNITED 
KINGDOM; Kepner-Tregoe, Inc., Princeton, NJ; Mentoris Group S.A.C., San 
Borja, PERU; PDM Technology Services Pty. Ltd., Midrand, SOUTH AFRICA; 
Semantic Designs, Inc., Austin, TX; Softing Industrial Automation GmbH, 
Haar, GERMANY; TOTAL S.A., Paris La D[eacute]fense, FRANCE; and Xuenn 
Private Limited, Taipei City, TAIWAN, have been added as parties to 
this venture.
    Also, Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DFII), Oslo, 
NORWAY; Alithya Services Conseils, Inc., Quebec, CANADA; BAE Systems, 
Electronics & Integrated Solutions (E&IS), Wayne, NJ; Centre for 
Software Reliability, City University, London, UNITED KINGDOM; 
Drovecrest Ltd., Hedgerley, UNITED KINGDOM; Emerson Process Management 
LLLP, Round Rock, TX; Hotel Technology Next Generation, Shaumburg, IL; 
iCMG Private Limited, Bangalore, INDIA; Informatica Corporation, 
Redwood City, CA; Information Systems Audit and Control Association, 
Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL; Infovide-Matrix SA, Warsaw, POLAND; Marriott 
International, Bethesda, MD; Maryville Data Systems, Inc., St. Louis, 
MO; Optimal Business Growth Ltd., Poole,

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UNITED KINGDOM; PLANAD Consultoria em Gest[atilde]o Empresarial Ltda-
ME, S[atilde]o Paulo, BRAZIL; The Organization Zone LLC, San Jose, CA; 
and University of Warwick, Coventry, UNITED KINGDOM, have withdrawn as 
parties to this venture.
    In addition, Aviation Industry Corporation of China Information 
Technology AVICIT has changed its name to AVIC DIGITAL CORPORATION 
LTD., Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
    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 TOG intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 21, 1997, TOG 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 June 13, 
1997 (62 FR 32371).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 11, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 7, 2017 (82 FR 26513).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-17333 Filed 8-15-17; 8:45 am]
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