2016-26547. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Heterogeneous System Architecture Foundation

Notice is hereby given that, on September 27, 2016, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Heterogeneous System Architecture Foundation (“HSA Foundation”) 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, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Darmstadt, GERMANY; and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Symbio, San Jose, CA; Mobica Limited, Wilmslow, Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM; and Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 HSA Foundation intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On August 31, 2012, HSA Foundation 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 October 11, 2012 (77 FR 61786).

The last notification was filed with the Department on July 7, 2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on August 11, 2016 (81 FR 53162).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.