2022-16408. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Utility Broadband Alliance, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on June 24, 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”), Utility Broadband Alliance, Inc. (“UBBA”) 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, American Electric Power, Columbus, OH; Landis + Gyr, Alpharetta, GA; Sequans, Colombes, FRANCE; Tessco, Hunt Valley, MD; EasyMetering, Boca Raton, FL; and S&C Electric, Chicago, IL; Sony, Hod Hasharon, ISRAEL; and CDM Smith, Boston, MA have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Encore Networks, Chantilly, VA; Mimomax Wireless, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND; and Puloli, Inc., San Francisco, CA have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 UBBA intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On May 4, 2021, UBBA 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 June 10, 2021 (86 FR 30981).

The last notification was filed with the Department on May 12, 2022. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on May 31, 2022 (87 FR 32461).

Suzanne Morris,

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Antitrust Division.