[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20087]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.; 
Electronic Check Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 20, 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 Financial Service Technology 
Consortium, Inc.; Electronic Check Project (``Consortium'') has filed 
written notification 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, the changes are as 
follows: International Business Machines Corporation, White Plains, NY; 
and Unisys Corp., Blue Bell, PA have entered into project participation 
agreements with the Consortium. Electronic Clerk Clearing House 
Organization, Dallas, TX; Mentis Corp., Durham, NC; and the University 
of Southern California, Marina Del Ray, CA have entered into agreements 
to provide services to the Consortium in connection with the project.
    The objectives of the project are early technology for, and 
demonstration of the feasibility of, an electronic check instrument..
    Participation in the research and development project remain open, 
subject to execution of a suitable agreement and the assessment of a 
technology risk fee. The Consortium intends to file additional written 
notifications disclosing all changes in parties that are participating 
in the project.
    On August 10, 1995, the Financial Services Technology Consortium, 
Inc.; Electronic Check Project filed its original notification pursuant 
to Sec. 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 January 
31, 1996 (61 FR 3463).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-20087 Filed 8-6-96; 8:45 am]
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