[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 11453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2132]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 10, 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''), Open DeviceNet Vendor 
Association, Inc. (``ODVA'') 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, Switchgear & Instrumentation, Ltd., 
Bradford, United Kingdom; Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, 
Japan; Flowserve Corporation, Lynchburg, VA; Weidmueller Interface GmbH 
& Co. KG, Detmold, Germany; ELAU AG, Marktheidenfeld, Germany; JVL 
Industri Elektronik A/S, Birkerod, Denmark; OPTO-22, Tennecula, CA; 
Smart Network Devices GmbH, Juelich, Germany; ELETTRO STEMI S.R.L., 
Altavilla Vicentina, Italy; and Control Technology Corporation, 
Hopkinton, MA have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, HaePyung Electronics Research Institute, Kumi-City, Republic 
of Korea; Crouzet Automatismes SA, Bourguebus, France; Turbotek, 
Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea; Fairchild Industrial Products Company, 
Winston-Salem, NC; Draka USA, Franklin, MA; KDT Systems Co., Ltd., 
Yongin-City, Republic of Korea; PDL Electronics Ltd., Napier, New 
Zealand; and Dressler HF--Technik GmbH, Stolberg, Germany 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withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 ODVA intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 21, 1995, ODVA 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 February 
15, 1996 (61 FR 6039).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 1, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 23, 2005 (70 FR 55921).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-2132 Filed 3-06-06; 8:45 am]
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