[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 8444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3967]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 16, 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''), CommerceNet Consortium, 
Inc. (the ``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, First Consulting 
Group, Denver, CO; Checkpoint Software Technologies, Redwood City, CA; 
and Netfish Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA have joined the 
Consortium as Core members. Also, Fujitsu Limited-USA, Santa Clara, CA; 
Isadra, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; and TRADE'ex, Tampa, FL 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, Inc. intends 
to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On June 13, 1994, CommerceNet Consortium, Inc. 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 July 20, 
1999. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-3967 Filed 2-17-00; 8:45 am]
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