[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-721]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Interchangeable Virtual Instruments Foundation, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 6, 2006, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Interchangeable Virtual 
Instruments Foundation, Inc. has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and 
Honeywell Tech Solutions, Bangalore, India have withdrawn as parties to 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 Interchangeable Virtual Instruments 
Foundation, Inc. intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 29, 2001, Interchangeable Virtual Instruments Foundation, 
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 July 30, 2001 (66 FR 
39336).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 20, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 12, 2005 (70 FR 47232).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-721 Filed 1-25-06; 8:45 am]
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