[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27602-27603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12730]
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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 February 22, 1999, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), CommerceNet Consortium (the
``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, PartNet Inc., Salt Lake City, UT; E-lysium Transaction
Systems, Inc., Miami, FL; ClearCommerce Corporation, Austin, TX;
Papricom Technologies, Netanya, Israel; Baxter International,
Deerfield, IL; Ariba Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA; General Magic,
Sunnyvale, CA; and NEC Corporation, Littletown, MA have joined the
Consortium as Portfolio members. MarketFirst Software, Mountain View,
CA has joined the Consortium as a Core member. Also, NetAlive Inc.,
Redwood
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City, CA; Nikko System Center, LTD, Los Altos, CA; Smart Valley, Santa
Clara, CA; and Unwired Planet, Inc., Redwood Shores, 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 January 22,
1999. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-12730 Filed 5-19-99; 8:45 am]
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