Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Automotive Consortium for Embedded Security\TM\

Patricia A. Brink
Department of Justice
April 30, 2015

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 24279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10028]


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 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Automotive 
Consortium for Embedded Security\TM\

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 20, 2015, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research Institute--
Cooperative Research Group on Automotive Consortium for Embedded 
Security\TM\,(``ACES'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Delphi Automotive Systems, LLC, Kokomo, IN; Denso 
International America, Inc., Southfield, MI; Ford Motor Company, 
Dearborn, MI; GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI; Honda 
R&D Americas, Inc., Raymond, OH; and Robert Bosch LLC, Farmington 
Hills, MI. The general area of ACES's planned activity is to provide 
pre-competitive and non-competitive research in automotive embedded 
systems security to protect the safety, reliability, brand image, trade 
secrets, and to provide privacy of members' future products. The 
objectives of ACES are to perform high-risk/high-reward pre-competitive 
and non-competitive research and development; serve as an independent 
verification and validation entity; develop understanding of industry 
problems and associated risk; monitor and share threats and industry 
research; keep abreast of and provide input for emerging safety and 
security regulations and standards; and provide members with relevant 
solutions and actionable results.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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