Z-Wave Alliance Got 5 New Members, Says DOJ

Five entities joined the Z-Wave Alliance, the consortium told DOJ and the FTC in simultaneous “written notifications” June 20, said a notice for Tuesday’s Federal Register. New alliance members are Establishment Hulul al-Manazil for Real Estate Development, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Card Access Engineering, Draper, Utah; Pin Genie, DBA Lockly, St. Paul; Trinitas All Electric, Opelousas, Louisiana; and NexMetro Development, Phoenix. Membership in the alliance, which promotes interoperability among wireless control devices and whose founding members include Silicon Labs and Ring, "remains open," said Suzanne Morris, chief-premerger and division statistics in DOJ’s Antitrust Division. The notifications are required to extend alliance members antitrust protections under the 1993 National Cooperative Research and Production Act, said Morris.