[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 58747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28728]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--CommerceNet Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 6, 1997, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), CommerceNet Consortium, 
(``CommerceNet'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
certain 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 following organizations have joined CommerceNet 
as Sponsor Members: MicroSystems Software, Inc., Framingham, MA; 
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., Fort Meyers, FL; SOFTBANK Net Solutions, 
Buffalo, NY; Release Software Corporation, Melno Park, CA. The 
following organization has upgraded to an executive member: INTERSHOP 
Communications, Inc. The following organizations changed their names: 
News Datacom to NDS America; and DBM Group to Strategic Response.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activities of CommerceNet. Membership remains open and CommerceNet 
intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On June 13, 1994, CommerceNet 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 Sec. 6(b) of the Act on 
August 31, 1994 (59 FR 45012). The last notification was filed with the 
Department on May 15, 1997, and a notice was published in the Federal 
Register on June 13, 1997 (62 FR 32370).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-28728 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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