[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 10763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5533]


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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 January 15, 2002, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
2993, 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, ATRI Technologies, 
Inc., Markham, Ontario, CANADA; Claudio Costi (individual member), 
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; Magic Ge (individual member), Shanghai, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Lateral Sands, West Perth, Western 
Australia, AUSTRALIA; Tsung Lee (individual member). Kao-Hsiung, 
TAIWAN; Piiri Technologies Oy, Oulu, FINLAND; Robert Bosch GmbH, 
Reutlingen, GERMANY; Thales Group, Gennevilliers, FRANCE; James R. 
Tobias (individual member), San Jose, CA; Paxonet Communications, Pune, 
Maharashtra, INDIA; and Teleraty Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA have been 
added as parties to this venture.
    Also, ChipLogic, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Chronology Corp., Redmond, 
WA; Cogency Semiconductor, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Duolog 
Technologies LTD, Dublin, IRELAND; eSilicon Corp., Palo Alto, CA; 
Experience First, Inc., San Jose, CA: Hantro Products Oy, Oulu, 
FINLAND; KITAL--Korean Institute of Technology, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF 
KOREA; Timothy O'Donnell (individual member), Los Gatos, CA: SIDSA--
Design Tech. Dept., Madrid, SPAIN; Silicon Automation Systems Limited, 
Karnataka, INDIA; SOCIP Group of Korea, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Synad 
Technologies Ltd., Reading, England, UNTIED KINGDOM; CG CorEl Logic 
Systems, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA; and HGS Engineering, Inc., 
Sunnyvale, CA 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 October 12, 
2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on December 5, 2001 (66 FR 63259).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-5533 Filed 3-7-02; 8:45 am]
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