88 FR 193 pg. 69671 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—MLCommons Association

Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 193Page: 69671
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-22252 Filed 10-5-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Justice Department
Sub Agency: Antitrust Division
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Page: 69671

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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 August 17, 2023, 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, Praveen Paritosh (individual member), Oakland, CA; Wei Zhao (individual member), San Diego, CA; Luis Oala (individual member), Berlin, GERMANY; Ailiverse Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SINGAPORE; Connect Tech Inc., Guelph, CANADA; Oracle Corp., Seattle, WA; Trainy Inc., Fremont, CA; and Giga Computing Technology Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TAIWAN have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Gigabyte Technology Co., LTD., New Taipei, TAIWAN; and MosaicML, San Francisco, CA have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 MLCommons intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On September 15, 2020, MLCommons 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 September 29, 2020 (85 FR 61032).

The last notification was filed with the Department on May 25, 2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 16, 2023 (88 FR 39478).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2023-22252 Filed 10-5-23; 8:45 am]

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