[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12724]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Corporation for National Research Initiatives--
Cross Industry Working Team Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 20, 1999, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Corporation for National 
Research Initiatives (``CNRI'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Committee disclosing changes in the membership of the Cross Industry 
Working Team Project (``XIWT''). 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 additional party has become a Primary 
Member of XIWT: Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA. Apple Computer, 
Cupertino, CA; NEC USA, Mellville, NY; and Silicon Graphics, Mountain 
View, CA have been dropped as Primary Members of XIWT. Also, Fujitsu, 
Raleigh, NC; Prodigy, White Plains, NY; 3Com, Santa Clara, CA; and 
RealNetworks, Seattle, WA have been dropped as Associate Members of 
XIWT.
    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 CNRI intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 28, 1993, CNRI 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 December 17, 1993 (58 FR 66022).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on February 11, 
1998. A notice for this filing has not yet been published in the 
Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-12724 Filed 5-19-99; 8:45 am]
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