2023-27589. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-National Spectrum Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on October 5, 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”), National Spectrum Consortium (“NSC”) 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, Altio Labs LLC, Frisco, TX; Blacksky Geospatial Solutions, Inc., Herndon, VA; Commdex LLC, Smyrna, GA; Core4ce LLC, Reston, VA; Information Systems Laboratories, Inc., Poway, CA; have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Veritech LLC, Glendale, AZ, has withdrawn as a party to this venture.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 NSC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On September 23, 2014, NSC 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 November 4, 2014 (79 FR 65424).

The last notification was filed with the Department on July 19, 2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on October 5, 2023(88 FR 69232).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.