2010-6268. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on February 16, 2010, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), IMS Global Learning Consortium Inc. 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, Sigong Media, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SungKyunKwan University, Suwan, Gyeonggi—do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; State University of New York at Delhi, Delhi, NY; Texas A&M—Commerce, Commerce, TX; and Touro University Worldwide, Westlake Village, CA have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, LearnGauge, LLC, Okemos, MI; Inigral, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Norwegian Secretariat for Standardization Learning Technology (NSSL), Blindern, Oslo, NORWAY; and Levelland Independent School District, Levelland, TX have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 IMS Global Learning Consortium Inc. intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On April 7, 2000, IMS Global Learning 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 September 13, 2000 (65 FR 55283).

The last notification was filed with the Department on December 1, 2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on December 21, 2009 (74 FR 67903).

Patricia A. Brink,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.