[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 13517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7366]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Corporation for Open Systems International 
(COS)

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 23, 1996, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Cooperation for Open 
Systems International (``COS'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission reflecting changes in the membership of COS. 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. Effective December 31, 1995, the 
following companies ceased membership in COS: Ameritech, Chicago, IL; 
AT&T, Holmdel, NJ; Bell Atlantic, Arlington, NJ; Computer Sciences 
Corporation, Herndon, VA; Digital Equipment Corporation, Littleton, MA; 
Defense Information Systems Agency, Reston, VA; Motorola, Arlington 
Heights, IL; National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, IL; Northern Telecom, Inc., Morristown, NJ; NYNEX Science 
& Technology, Inc., White Plains, NY; Southwestern Bell Technology 
Resources, Austin, TX; Unisys Corporation, St. Paul, MN; and 3COM 
Corporation, Santa Clara, CA.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of COS. Membership in this group research project remains 
open, and COS intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 14, 1986, COS 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 June 11, 
1986 (51 FR 21260).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 17, 
1995. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 20, 1996 (61 Fed. Reg. 6388).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-7366 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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