[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 37 (Monday, February 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 8402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-836]


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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 12, 2007, 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, Synplicity, Inc., 
Sunnyvale, CA; and Altera Corp., San Jose, CA have been added as 
parties to this venture. Also, Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, JAPAN; FZI--
Forschungszentrum Informatick and der University, Karlsruhe, GERMANY; 
LTRIM Technologies, Inc., Laval, Quebec, CANADA; and Hewlett-Packard 
Company, Palo Alto, CA have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 notifications 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 23, 
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 22, 2006 (71 FR 67643).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-836 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
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