Fraunhofer, HiSilicon Among New UHD Alliance Members, Says DOJ Notice

Four companies have joined the UHD Alliance, the group told the FTC and Attorney General Loretta Lynch in Sept. 10 written notifications, according to a notice published in Tuesday’s Federal Register by the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. The new members are Fraunhofer, of Germany; HiSilicon, of China; Novatek, of Taiwan; and Sharp, of Japan, the notice said. The notifications to the FTC and DOJ were required to extend antitrust protections to UHD Alliance members under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, the notice said.