[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15606]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 13, 2000, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Interoperability 
Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) 
the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the 
venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) 
of the Act, the identities of the parties are American Express Travel 
Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY; and Visa International 
Services Association, Foster City, CA. The nature and objectives of the 
venture are to promote and accelerate the acceptance and use of the 
File Structure Specification of a Travel and Entertainment Multi-
Application Smart Card as a worldwide open standard in the smart card 
industry and otherwise to promote and accelerate the creation of global 
interoperability for multiple application smart cards.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-15606 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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