[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 21984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8622]


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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 March 18, 2008, 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, Power Electronics S.L., Valencia, SPAIN; 
Beijing Sevenstar Electronics, Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; GE 
Multilin, Markham, Ontario, CANADA; Aerotech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; 
Phoenix Digital Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ; Weed Instrument Co., Inc., 
Round Rock, TX; Nor-Cal Products, Inc., Yreka, CA; TPC Mechatronics 
Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Cervis, Inc., Warrendale, PA; 
Meggitt Airdynamics, Inc., a Division of Whittaker Controls, Corona, 
CA; Toshiba Schneider Inverter Corporation, Mie-Pref, JAPAN; HONDA 
TSUSHIN KOGYO CO., LTD., Tokyo, JAPAN; and SensoPart Industriesensorik 
GmbH, Weiden, GERMANY have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Johnson City, TN; Hitachi 
High-Tech Control Systems Corporation (Hitachi Naka Electronics Co. 
Ltd.), Ibaraki-ken, JAPAN; Nohken, Inc., Tokyo, JAPAN; Lika Electronic 
SNC, Carre' (VI), ITALY; SensArray Corporation, Austin, TX; Kawasaki 
Heavy Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JAPAN; Siemens PA PS, Grand Rapids, MI; 
Partlow, Gurnee, IL; and Redwood MicroSystems, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 
have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    In addition, the following members have changed their names: Kuroda 
Precision Industries, Ltd. to Kuroda Pneumatics Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; 
Enercon-Nord Electronic GmbH to NORD Electronic DRIVESYSTEMS GmbH, 
Bargteheide DE, GERMANY; and Crouse-Hinds Molded Products to Cooper 
Interconnect, Division of Cooper Crouse-Hinds, LaGrange, NC.
    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 November 14, 
2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 31, 2007 (72 FR 74331).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-8622 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]
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