02-1558. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Personalization Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on September 21, 2001, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Personalization Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, Kana Software, Menlo Park, CA has been added as a party to this venture. Also, Broadbase Software, Inc., Menlo Park, CA has been dropped as a party 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 Personalization Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On June 15, 2000, Personalization Consortium, Inc. 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 August 11, 2000 (65 FR 49266).

The last notification was filed with the Department on June 1, 2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on July 5, 2001 (66 FR 35459).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.