89 FR 25 pgs. 8242-8243 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—MLCommons Association

Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 25Pages: 8242 - 8243
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-02283 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Justice Department
Sub Agency: Antitrust Division
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 8242, 8243

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-MLCommons Association

Notice is hereby given that, on January 22, 2024, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. ("the Act"), MLCommons Association ("MLCommons") 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, Blaine Rister (individual member), Burlingame, CA; Wayne Wei Wang (individual member), Hong Kong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Liu Ke (individual member), San Jose, CA; Chen-Yu Ho (individual member), Changhua County, TAIWAN; OMOIKANE A.I. Ltd., London, UNITED KINGDOM; Yue Hu (individual member), Los Altos, CA; and Wiwynn Corporation, New Taipei City, TAIWAN have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Baidu USA LLC, Sunnyvale, CA; and Deci.ai, Ramat Gan, ISRAEL have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 MLCommons intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.


[top] On September 15, 2020, MLCommons filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department page 8243 of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on September 29, 2020 (85 FR 61032).

The last notification was filed with the Department on November 2, 2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on December 15, 2023 (88 FR 86939).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2024-02283 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]

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