[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62866-62867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5562]


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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 August 30, 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''), 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, Yaskawa Eshed Technology, Rosh-Ha'ayin, 
ISRAEL; Innovasic Semiconductor, Albuquerque, NM; FiberFin Inc., 
Yorkville, IL; Komatsu Electronics, Inc., Hiratsuka Kanagawa, JAPAN; 
ENDO KOGYO CO., Ltd., Nilgata, JAPAN; Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH, 
Hersbruck, GERMANY; The Mercury and Iron and Steel Co. d/b/a MISCO 
Refractometer, Cleveland, OH; Univer S.p.A., Milan, ITALY; HIPROM 
TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD, Randburg, SOUTH AFRICA; SEARI Group Co., Ltd., 
Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and Micro Innovation, St. Gallen, 
SWITZERLAND have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Smart 
Network Devices GmbH, Juelich, GERMANY; SIEI S.p.A., Gerenzano VA, 
ITALY; ITT Corporation, Lancaster, PA; and GE Multilin, Markham, 
Ontario, CANADA have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    In addition, the following members have changed their names: Showa 
Electric Wire & Cable to SWCC ShowaDevice Technology Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 
JAPAN; and TURCK (Interlink BT) to TURCK, Inc., Plymouth, MN.
    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 notifications 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 May 10, 
2007. A

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notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act on July 13, 2007 (72 FR 38618).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5562 Filed 11-6-07; 8:45 am]
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