[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5711]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Die Products Consortium (``DPC'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 7, 2001, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Die Products Consortium 
(``DPC'') 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, Packard-Hughes Interconnect, Irvine, CA; Analog Devices, 
Inc., Limerick, IRELAND; and Dynalog Systems, Inc., Austin, TX have 
been added as parties to this venture. Also, Microelectronics and 
Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX, 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 Die Products Consortium intends to 
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On November 15, 1999, Die Products 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 June 26, 2000 (65 FR 39429).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 
22, 2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on October 26, 2000 (65 FR 64236).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-5711 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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