[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 70031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28561]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production 
Act of 1993--Open Axis Group, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 6, 2010, 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 Axis Group, Inc. 
(``Open Axis'') 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: American Airlines, Fort Worth, TX; US Airways, 
Tempe, AZ; Air Canada, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, CANADA; Continental 
Airlines, Houston, TX; Delta Air Lines, Inc., Atlanta, GA; United 
Airlines, Inc., Chicago, IL; Airline Tariff Publishing Company, Dulles, 
VA; Airlines Reporting Corporation, Arlington, VA; Datalex, Dublin, 
IRELAND; PASS Consulting Corp., Miami Beach, FL; Mobiata, Ann Arbor, 
MI; AOl Marketing, Minneapolis, MN; eNett International (Jersey) Ltd., 
Saint Helier, Jersey, UNITED KINGDOM; Farelogix, Miami, FL; Vayant 
Travel Technologies Inc., Lewes, DE; Guestlogix Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 
CANADA; Ypsilon.net AG, Frankfurt, GERMANY; and Rearden Commerce, 
Foster City, CA. The general area of Open Axis's planned activity is to 
promote the extensible markup language (``XML'') as the optimal 
electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity. In 
support of this purpose, Open Axis intends to adopt, promote, and 
maintain standardized XML schema tailored to the airline industry and 
capable of delivering comprehensive functionality to both supply and 
demand sides of the travel supply chain (``Standards'') on a worldwide 
basis.
    Open Axis may also engage in some or all of the following 
activities: (i) Provide for testing and conformity assessment of 
implementations in order to ensure and/or facilitate compliance with 
Standards; (ii) operate a branding program based upon distinctive 
trademarks to create high customer awareness of, demand for, and 
confidence in products designed in compliance with Standards; (iii) 
develop and/or fund the development of interoperability and/or 
certification tests; (iv) administer or subcontract testing services; 
(v) create and own distinctive trademarks, service marks, and/or 
certification marks; (vi) administer or subcontract a branding program; 
(vii) create printed and/or electronic materials for distribution to 
members and non-members; (viii) maintain its own Web site; (ix) 
coordinate the promotion of Standards among members and non-members; 
(x) maintain relations with, and reference standards developed by, 
other standard setting organizations and industry consortia to ensure 
coherence among Standards maintained by Open Axis and such other 
organizations; and (xi) undertake those other activities which its 
Board of Directors may from time to time approve. Open Axis is not 
engaged in and does not intend to engage in production activities.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-28561 Filed 11-15-10; 8:45 am]
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