[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 72329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34658]
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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 October 2, 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, Junglee, Sunnyvale, CA and Information Management
Associates, Inc., Irvine, CA have joined the Consortium as Portfolio
members. CSC Consulting Group, Waltham, MA has joined the Consortium as
an Executive Sponsor Member. Compucom Systems, Dallas, TX; Fort Point
Partners, San Francisco, CA; Differential, Cupertino, CA; eGain, San
Jose, CA; Quantum Communications, Hamilton, BERMUDA and Peapod, Inc.,
Skokie, IL have joined the Consortium as Core members. Truste, Palo
Alto, CA has joined the Consortium as a Membership Swap member. Also,
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA; Netbot, Inc., Seattle, WA; The New
England, Boston, MA; and Microsystem Software, Inc., Framingham, MA
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 August 21,
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34658 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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