2010-8576. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Wireless Industrial Technology Konsortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on March 12, 2010, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Wireless Industrial Technology Konsortium, Inc. (“WITECK”) 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 Specifically, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX; and Cooper Industries, Houston, TX have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 WITECK intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On August 8, 2008, WITECK 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 September 18, 2008 (73 FR 54170).

The last notification was filed with the Department on December 2, 2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on January 21, 2009 (74 FR 3641).

Patricia A. Brink,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.