[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 83 (Friday, April 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 24983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10604]


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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 November 26, 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''), OBI Consortium, Inc. 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, Chase 
Manhatten Bank, Brooklyn, NY; and Itec AB, Stockholm, Sweden have been 
added as parties to this venture. Also, Johnson & Johnson, New 
Brunswick, NJ has been dropped as a party 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 OBI Consortium, Inc. intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 10, 1997, OBI 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 November 10, 1997 (62 FR 60531).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 23, 
1999. A notice has not yet been published in theFederal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-10604 Filed 4-27-00; 8:45 am]
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