Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Digital Manufacturing Design Innovation Institute

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Notice is hereby given that, on January 5, 2016, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Digital Manufacturing Design Innovation Institute (“DMDII”) 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: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Frankfort, KY; Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL; University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; General Electric, Niskayuna, NY; Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD; Rolls-Royce, Indianapolis, IN; Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software, Plano, TX; The Regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Georgia Tech, …