2019-23608. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-UHD Alliance, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on October 15, 2019, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), UHD Alliance, Inc. (“UHD Alliance”) 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, Westinghouse Electronics, Eastvale, CA has been added as a party to this venture.

In addition, HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and Philips International B.V.-IP&S, Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 UHD Alliance intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On June 17, 2015, UHD Alliance 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 July 17, 2015 (80 FR 42537).

The last notification was filed with the Department on July 22, 2019. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on August 9, 2019 (84 FR 39371).

Suzanne Morris,

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit Antitrust Division.