[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60531-60532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29523]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--OBI Consortium Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on September 10, 1997, pursuant to
Sec. 6(a)
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of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15
U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the OBI Consortium Inc.,
(``Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1)
the identities of the parties 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 Sec. 6(b) of
the Act, the identities of the parties are: American Express, New York
City, NY; Actra Business Systems, Sunnyvale, CA; Intelisys Electronic
Commerce, LLC, New York City, NY; Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores,
CA; BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, NJ; BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill,
NJ; Corporate Express, Inc., Broomfield, CO; Stream International
Holdings, Inc., Norwood, MA; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; W.W.
Grainger, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL; F. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd., Nutley, NJ;
Office Depot, Inc., Delray, FL; Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX; United
Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT; VWR Scientific Products
Corporation, W. Chester, PA; Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation,
Itasca, IL; Eastman Chemical Co., Longview, TX.
The venture was formed as a Delaware non-stock member corporation.
The primary objective of the venture is to create and promote a
standard to facilitate purchasing via the Internet and to cause the
broad adoption of that specification by technology vendors, suppliers
and customers, in order to facilitate efficient, economic business to
business purchasing via the Internet.
Membership in the Consortium will remain open and the Consortium
will file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in
membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-29523 Filed 11-7-97; 8:45 am]
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