[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 64 (Monday, April 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8082]


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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 January 22, 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 (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, Ericsson, Menlo Park, CA has joined the Consortium as an 
Executive Sponsor member. Cable & Wireless PLC, London, UNITED KINGDOM 
has joined the Consortium as a Corporate Sponsor member. Ironside 
Technologies, Pleasanton, CA; Dunn & Bradstreet, Bethlehem, PA; and 
Thomas Register/Thomas Publishing Company, New York, NY have joined the 
Consortium as Portfolio members. FASTchange, Inc., Marina del Rey, CA; 
Actium, Conshohocken, PA; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 
and Usi, Annapolis, MD have joined the Consortium as Core members. 
ECNow.com, Cupertino, CA has joined the Consortium as an In-kind 
member. Also, Softbank GII, Foster City, CA; Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, 
MO; and ITAA, Arlington, VA 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 (57 FR 45012).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 15, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Divsion.
[FR Doc. 00-8082 Filed 3-31-00; 8:45 am]
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