[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 48 (Friday, March 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10967-10968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5268]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Joint Venture To Perform Project Entitled 
Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors (``VOTERS'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 10, 2009, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act'') Joint Venture to Perform 
Project Entitled Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors 
(``VOTERS'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Northeastern University, Boston, MA; University of 
Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA; University of Vermont and State 
Agricultural College, Burlington, VT; and Witten Technologies, Inc., 
Somerville, MA. The general area of VOTERS's planned activity is to 
develop new products from groundbreaking advanced technologies

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that inspect and monitor infrastructure using sensors.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E9-5268 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]
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