[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30423]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--VSI Alliance

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 6, 1998, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), VSI Alliance has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, Chrysalis Symbolic 
Design, Inc., North Billerica, MA; Gatefield Corp. (formerly Zycad), 
Fremont, CA; Global UniChip Corp., Hsinchu Science Park, TAIWAN; Henry 
Davis Consulting, Inc., Soquel, CA; Qualis Design Corp., Lake Oswego, 
OR; RocketChips, Inc., Ames, IA; Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow, 
SCOTLAND; Silicon Automation Systems, Bangalorc, Karnataka, INDIA; 
Simutech, Vancouver, WA; and Xentec, Inc., Oakville, Ontario, CANADA 
have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Caseium, Inc., Santa 
Clara, CA; Compass Design Automation, San Jose, CA; GEC Plessey 
Semiconductor, Plymouth, Devon, UNITED KINGDOM; Nippon Telegraph & 
Telephone, Kanagawa, JAPAN; Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; 
Precedence, Inc., Campbell, CA; Tower Semiconductor, San Jose, CA; 
ViewLogic, Rockville, MD; and Zycad, Fremont, CA have been dropped as 
parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and VSI Alliance intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 27, 1996, VSI Alliance 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 March 4, 1997 (62 FR 9812).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on February 27, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 30, 1998 (63 FR 40742).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-30423 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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