Notice Pursuant to the National Cooper, Ative Research and Production Act of 1993--Vehicle Safety Communications 5 Consortium

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooper, Ative Research and Production Act of 1993--Vehicle Safety Communications 5 Consortium

Topics: Mercedes-Benz

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooper, Ative Research and Production Act of 1993--Vehicle Safety Communications 5 Consortium

Patricia A. Brink
Department of Justice
2 August 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 35992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16049]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooper, Ative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Vehicle Safety Communications 5 Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 29, 2017, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Vehicle Safety Communications 5 
Consortium (``VSC5 Consortium'') 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, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North 
America, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has withdrawn as a party to this venture.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 VSC5 Consortium intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On December 3, 2014, VSC5 Consortium 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 December 31, 2014 (79 FR 78909).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement,Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-16049 Filed 8-1-17; 8:45 am]
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