E9-5270. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Information Card Foundation

Notice is hereby given that, on February 11, 2009, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Information Card Foundation has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Scott Loftesness (individual member), Palo Alto, CA; Mediportal, Overmere, BELGIUM; NorthID, Helsinki, FINLAND; Tascet Identity Network, Madison, WI; Acxiom, Broomfield, CO; Craig Burton (individual member), Salt Lake City, UT; Kaliya Hamlin (individual member), Berkeley, CA; Alexis Bor (individual member), Haymarket, VA; Jem Pagan (individual member), York, PA; Bob Lutz (individual member), Scotch Plains, NJ; J. Robert Namestka (individual member), Irwin, PA; Patrick Petit (individual member), San Martin d'Uriage, FRANCE; and Brian Roosevelt (individual member), Marshfield, MA have been added 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 Information Card Foundation intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On June 2, 2008, Information Card Foundation 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 July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40883).

The last notification was filed with the Department on October 20, 2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 21, 2008 (73 FR 70674).

Patricia A. Brink,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.