Notice2026-18999
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-MLCommons Association
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September 16, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 58708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18999]
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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 July 2, 2026, 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, Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc.,
Morrisville, NC; Persimmons, Inc., Milpitas, CA; Crusoe, Denver, CO;
XSKY Technology Co, Ltd., Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Flower
Labs, Hamburg, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; TuringData Pte Ltd,
Singapore, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE; VSORA, Meudon la Foret, FRENCH
REPUBLIC; Ampere Computing, Santa Clara, CA; Association for Long Term
Existence and Resilience (ALTER), Rehovot, STATE OF ISRAEL; Gimlet Labs
Inc, San Francisco, CA; Inspur Data, Shandong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA; UBIX Technology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA;
Yantrion, San Francisco, CA; Simulate AI, Miami Beach, FL; Zettalane,
Santa Clara, CA; Kini AI, Lagos, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA; Suzhou
Zishan Longlin Information Technology Co Ltd, Suzhou, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA; Beijing Yanrong Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA; HolmesAI Limited, Hong Kong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA; Sree Bhargavi Balija, (individual member), Columbia, MO; Zhen
Xie, (individual member), Vestal, NY; Hilmar Lapp, (individual member),
Durham, NC; Guthrie Gintzler, (individual member), Pittsburgh, PA;
Corey Hudson, (individual member), Springfield, MO; Eremey Valetov,
(individual member), Houston, TX; Aryan Mehta, (individual member),
Saskatoon, CANADA; Satheesh Babu Soundararajan, (individual member),
San Ramon, CA; Lo[iuml]c Guibert, (individual member), Fribourg, SWISS
CONFEDERATION; Michaal Hsu, (individual member), Washington, DC; Vinh
Nguyen, (individual member), Washington, DC; Tejadhith Sankar,
(individual member), Namakkal, REPUBLIC OF INDIA; Sai Karthik Reddy
Koralla, (individual member), Atlanta, GA; Xiaoyang Li, (individual
member), New York, NY; Sudhakar Sundaresan, (individual member),
Plymouth, MN; InWoo Hwang, (individual member), Seoul, REPUBLIC OF
KOREA have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, Ingrasys Technology Inc., Toayuan City, REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(TAIWAN); and Verda, Helsinki, REPUBLIC OF FINLAND have withdrawn as
parties to this venture.
In addition, Pure Storage has changed its name to Everpure, Santa
Clara, CA.
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 April 15,
2026. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
section 6(b) of the Act on July 22, 2026 (91 FR 46160).
Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-18999 Filed 9-15-26; 8:45 am]
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