[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13604-13605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6692]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--OBI Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 1, 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''), OBI Consortium, Inc. 
(``Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in the 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, Xerox Corporation, Webster, NY has been added as a party 
to this venture. Also, Requisite Technology, Boulder, CO; GE Global 
Services; Fairfield, CT; Hewlett Packard,

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Roseville, CA; Affymax Research Institute, Santa Clara, CA; and Sempra 
Energy, Los Angeles, 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 the Consortium intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 10, 1997, the 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 November 10, 1997 (62 FR 60531).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 31, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 31, 1998 (63 FR 72332).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-6692 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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