2014-06734. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; High Density Packaging User Group International, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on February 27, 2014, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), High Density Packaging User Group International, Inc. (“HDPUG”) 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, IBM, Armonk, NY; Oracle, Redwood City, CA; Indium, Clinton, NY; ITEQ, Taoyuan, TAIWAN; Plexus, Neenah, WI; Philips Medical, Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS; Conpart, Dallas, TX; Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, FRANCE; Clariant, Muttenz, SWITZERLAND; Celestica, Toronto, CANADA; NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Gaithersburg, MD; Arlon, Santa Anna, CA; Isola, Chandler, AZ; Dell, Round Rock, TX; Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, CA; Shengyi Technologies, Guangdong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; PWB Interconnect, Ottawa, CANADA; Sekisui, Tokyo, JAPAN; Enthone, West Haven, CT; IST, Hsinchu, TAIWAN; Kyzen, Nashville, TN; Ericsson, Kista, SWEDEN; Huawei, Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Senju Metal, Tokyo, JAPAN; Akrometrix, Atlanta, GA; Hitachi Chemical, Tokyo, JAPAN; VIA System/Guangzhou, St. Louis, MO; Nabaltec, Schwandorf, GERMANY; Ciena, Hanover, MD; Meadville, Costa Mesa, CA; Curtis Wright, Charlotte, NC; Elite, Guanyin Township, TAIWAN; Engent, Norcross, GA; Nihon, Osaka, JAPAN; Boeing, Chicago, IL; Rogers, Toronto, CANADA; Flextronics, Singapore, SINGAPORE; Park Electrochemical, Melville, NY; Cisco, San Jose, CA; FCI, Singapore, SINGAPORE; Panasonic, Osaka, JAPAN; Fujitsu, Minato, JAPAN; Polar Instruments, Beaverton, OR; NVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA; Sanmina, San Jose, CA; and Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; ASE Group, Kaoshiung, TAIWAN; and Ventec, Suzhou Jiangsu P.R.C., PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 HDPUG intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On September 14, 1994, HDPUG 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 23, 1995 (60 FR 15306).

The last notification was filed with the Department on July 3, 2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on September 4, 2002 (67 FR 56588).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.