[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19387]



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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 June 15, 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''), 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, bCandid 
Corporation, Boulder, CO; BEA Systems, San Jose, CA; Catalyst Capital, 
Newport Beach, CA; Consolidated Commerce, Des Plains, IL; Ectone, Santa 
Clara, CA; ESSELTE Corporation, Greenwich, CT; Medium, Wayne, PA; and 
Passport International, Ltd., Mt. Pleasant, SC have been added 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 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 March 3, 
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 29, 2000 (65 FR 40131).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.

Joint Venture Worksheet

(Supplemental Filings Only)
A. Name of venture: OBI Consortium, Inc.
    Nature of notification: Supplemental
    Concise statement of purpose (if purpose has changed): Same as 
before--no changes.

B. For ventures involving research and development only:
    Identity of parties added to venture:
    1. bCandid Corporation, Boulder, CO
    2. BEA Systems, San Jose, CA
    3. Catalyst Capital, Newport Beach, CA
    4. Consolidated Commerce, Des Plaines, IL
    5. Ectone, Santa Clara, CA
    6. ESSELTE Corporation, Greenwich, CT
    7. iMedium, Wayne, PA
    8. Passport International, Ltd., Mt. Pleasant, SC
    Identity of parties dropped from venture:

C. For ventures involving production:
    Identity and nationality of parties to joint production venture:

[FR Doc. 00-19387 Filed 7-31-00; 8:45 am]
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