[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14721-14722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2792]


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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 February 28, 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''), VSI Alliance 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, Cast, Inc., 
Woodcliff Lake, NJ; and Beijing Sanda Development Center, Beijing, 
People's Republic of China have been added as parties to this venture. 
Also, Dolphin Integration, Meylan, France; Elixent Limited, Bristol, 
United Kingdom; Infineon Technologies Corporation, Munich, Germany; 
Microelectronics Centre of Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 
People's Republic of China; Palmchip Corp., Santa Clara, CA; Sonics, 
Inc., Mountain View, CA; and STMicroelectronics SA, Crolles, France 
have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 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

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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 28, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on November 28, 2005 (70 FR 71333).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-2792 Filed 3-22-06; 8:45am]
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