[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71953-71954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34646]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--CommerceNet Consortium
Notice is hereby given that, on April 20, 1998, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), CommerceNet Consortium 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, Banc One
Point of Sale Services Corp., Columbus, OH; and First Technology
Federal Credit Union, Beaverton, OR have joined the Consortium as
Portfolio members. Electronic Commerce Media, Inc., Saratoga, CA has
joined as an In-Kind member. WH Brady, Milwaukee, WI; Techwave, Inc.,
Seattle, WA; CNAPRO, New York, NY; Synopsis, Inc., Mountain View, CA;
and Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., McLean, VA have joined the Consortium
as Core members. Maryland Procurement Office, Fort George, MD; and
National Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD have joined the Consortium as
Executive Sponsor members to this venture. Also, TSI International
Software Ltd., Wilton, CT; Cyberbusiness Association Japan, Tokyo,
JAPAN; Acquion, Inc., Greenville, SC; and Premenos, Concord, CA have
been dropped as parties 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 CommerceNet Consortium intends to
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in
membership.
On June 13, 1994, CommerceNet Consortium 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 31, 1994 (59 FR 45012).
The last notification was filed with the Department on March 19,
1998. A
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notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34646 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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