[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34641]


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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 21, 1998, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), CommerceNet Consortium 
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 
exending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Allaire Corporation, Cambridge, MA; Cloudscape, Inc., 
Oakland, CA; and Commerce One, Walnut Creek, CA have joined the 
Consortium as Core members to this venture. Also, Tandem Computer, 
Cupertino, CA; Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA; Release 
Software, Menlo Park, CA; Inverse Network Technology, Santa Clara, CA; 
and Strategic Response, Palo Alto, 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 CommerceNet Consortium intends to 
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On June 13, 1994, CommerceNet Consortium filed its original 
notifiication 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 August 31, 1994 (50 FR 45012).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 29, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34641 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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