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

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 72563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22895]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 24, 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''), Mercury Consortium, Inc. 
(``Mercury Consortium'') has 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, EN Plus, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND 
NORTHERN IRELAND; DEKRA Certification BV, Gelderland, KINGDOM OF THE 
NETHERLANDS; and SwitchDin, Newcastle West, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 
have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, GivEnergy Software Ltd., Newcastle-under-Lyme, UNITED KINGDOM 
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; and Mixergy, Ltd., Cassington, 
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND have withdrawn as 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 Mercury Consortium intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On July 29, 2025, Mercury Consortium 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 August 18, 2025 (90 FR 40084).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 7, 
2026. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on July 22, 2026 (91 FR 46164).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-22895 Filed 11-9-26; 8:45 am]
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