[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 61665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29512]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Product
Act of 1993--Cross Industry Working Team (``XIWT'') Project
Notice is hereby given that, on February 11, 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''), Cross Industry Working Team
(``XIWT'') Project 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, Ameritech, Inc., Chicago, IL; Inverse Network Technology,
Sunnyvale, CA; Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT; and RealNetworks, Inc.,
Seattle, WA have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Sprint,
Kansas City, MO; BBN, Cambridge, MA; and Electric Power Research
Institute, 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 Cross Industry Working Team
(``XIWT'') Project intends to file additional written notification
disclosing all changes in membership.
On September 28, 1993, Cross Industry Working Team (``XIWT'')
Project 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 Deparament on June 9,
1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(d) of the Act on September 10, 1997 (62 FR 47690).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-29512 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]
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