[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18900]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--VSI Alliance

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 5, 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''), VSI Alliance 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, ATMOS Corporation, 
Kanata, Ontario, CANADA; Ellipsis Digital Systems, Inc., Carlsbad, CA; 
Hefei University of Technology--The Institute of VLSI Design, Hefei, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; HDLab, Inc., Yokohama, JAPAN; IPTC 
Corporation, Yokohama, JAPAN; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; 
Kyoto University--Dept. of Communications & Computer Engineering, 
Kyoto, JAPAN; Microelectronics Centre of Harbin Institute of 
Technology, Harbin, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Brahmaji Potu, Ph.D. 
(individual member), Cupertino, CA; Eung Shin (individual member), 
Atlanta, GA; Spiratech Ltd., Manchester, England, UNITED KINGDOM; 
Spirea AB, Kista, SWEDEN; Christos Sotiriou (individual member), 
Herachon-Crete, GREECE; Vulcan Machines Limited, Royston, 
Hertfordshire, England, UNITED KINGDOM; and Xylon, Zagreb, CROATIA have 
been added as parties to this venture. Also, Advanced Hardware 
Architecture, Pullman, WA; Agilent Technologies, Corvallis, OR; Angeles 
Design Systems, San Jose, CA; Aptix Corp., San Jose, CA; Ben Cheese 
Electronic Design, Royston, Hertfordshire, England, UNITED KINGDOM; DSP 
Group Inc., Herzlia, ISRAEL; Ikos Systems, Cupertino, CA; IMODL, San 
Jose, CA; Levetate Design Systems, Beaverton, OR; Lucent Technologies, 
Allentown, PA; Magima, Inc., Monterey Park, CA; National Semiconductor 
Corp., Santa Clara, CA; Power X Limited, Sale, Cheshire, England, 
UNITED KINGDOM; Q Systems, Inc., Festerville, PA; The Western Design 
Center, Mesa, AZ; Glenn Vinogradov (individual member), Newton, PA; and 
Xentec, Inc., Oakville, Ontario, CANADA have been dropped 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 VSI Alliance intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 29, 1996, VSI Alliance 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 March 4, 1997 (62 FR 9812).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 10, 
2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 23, 2001 (66 FR 28548).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-18900 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
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