2022-25454. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Open Grid Alliance, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on October 31, 2022, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Open Grid Alliance, Inc. (“OGA”) 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, CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC; Humanitas Solutions, Montréal, CANADA; Numana, Montréal, CANADA; and Wallaroo Labs Inc., Brooklyn, NY, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Guavus, Inc.—a Thales Company, San Jose, CA; and Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 OGA intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On March 31, 2022, OGA 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 May 12, 2022 (87 FR 29180).

The last notification was filed with the Department on August 12, 2022. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on September 13, 2022 (87 FR 56091).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director, Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.