[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: 98-34645]


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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 March 19, 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 extending the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Able 
Solutions, Battleground, WA; and Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA have 
joined the Consortium as Portfolio members. Pandesic LLC, Sunnyvale, 
CA; and E-FOREX, Brisbane, CA have joined the Consortium as Core 
members to this venture. Also, Onesite Solutions, Minneapolis, MN; Idea 
Center, Inc., Las Vegas, NV; Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, MN; and 
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Tokyo, JAPAN 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 
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 August 31, 1994 (59 FR 45012).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on February 20, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34645 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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