[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 30960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4945]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Die Products Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 2, 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''), Die Products Consortium (``DPC'') 
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, AMI 
Semiconductor, Oudenaarrde, Belgium; Avago Technologies, Singapore, 
Singapore; and ST Microelectronics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands have 
been added as parties to this venture. Also, Analog Devices, Inc., 
Limerick, Ireland; and Chip Supply, Inc., Orlando, FL have withdrawn as 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 DPC intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 15, 1999, DPC 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 
June 26, 2000 (65 FR 39429).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 26, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 20, 2005 (70 FR 35454).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-4945 Filed 5-30-06; 8:45 am]
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