[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10026]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 23, 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''), Language Systems, 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, the prior joint 
venture member, Eloquent Technology Inc., Ithaca, NY has been acquired 
by Speechworks International, Inc., Boston, MA, and has been replaced 
by Speechworks International, Inc. as a party to this venture.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 Language Systems, Inc. intends to 
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On March 16, 1999, Language Systems, 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 October 1, 1999 (64 FR 53416).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-10026 Filed 4-23-01; 8:45 am]
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