[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 12223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04670]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--AllSeen Alliance, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 29, 2014, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), AllSeen Alliance, Inc. 
(``AllSeen Alliance'') 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: 2lemetry LLC, Denver, CO; Affinegy, Austin, TX; 
Canary Connect, Inc., New York, NY; Cisco Systems, Inc., Lawrenceville, 
GA; D-Link Systems, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA; DoubleTwist Corporation, 
San Francisco, CA; Fon Wireless Limited, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Haier 
Group, Qingdao, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Harman International, 
Stamford, CT; HTC Corporation, Taoyuan City, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA; iControl Networks, Inc., Redwood City, CA; Le Shi Zhi XIn 
Electronic Technology (Tianjin) Limited, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; LG Electronics, Inc., Youngdungo-gu, Seoul, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; LiFi Labs Inc. (LIFX), San Francisco, CA; LiteOn 
Technology Corporation, New Taipei City, TAIWAN; Moxtreme Corporaton, 
Saratoga, CA; Musaic Ltd., London, UNITED KINGDOM; Muzzley, S.A., 
Lisboa, PORTUGAL; Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JAPAN; 
Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc., San Diego, CA; Sears Brands 
Management Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL; Sharp Corporation, Abeno-
ku, Osaka, JAPAN; Silicon Image, Sunnyvale, CA; Sproutling, San 
Francisco, CA; The Sprosty Network, Fort Lauderdale, FL; TP-LINK 
Technologies Co., Ltd., Nanshan, Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; 
Tuxera Inc., Helsinki, FINLAND; Weaved, Inc. (formerly Yoics, Inc.), 
Palo Alto, CA; and Wilocity, Sunnyvale, CA.
    The general areas of AllSeen Alliance's planned activity are: (a) 
To advance the creation, evolution, promotion, and support of an open-
source software platform for device intercommunication and associated 
device-based services, (b) to promote such platform and services 
worldwide, and (c) to undertake such other activities as may from time 
to time be appropriate to further the purposes and achieve the goals 
set forth above. Membership in AllSeen Alliance remains open and 
AllSeen Alliance intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in membership.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-04670 Filed 3-3-14; 8:45 am]
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