[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28519-28520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13290]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--OBI Consortium
Notice is hereby given that, on February 23, 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''), OBI Consortium has filed
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the
Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its
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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, Concur Technologies, Inc., Redmond, WA; GTE CyberTrust
Solutions, Inc., Needham Heights, MA; SATCOM Electronic Commerce
Services, Osborne Park, WA AUSTRALIA; Barnes & Noble, New York, NY;
DuPont, Wilmington, DE; McMaster-Carr, Elmhurst, IL; McJunkin
Corporation, Charleston, WV; Comdisco, Inc., Rosemont, IL; Flint Ink,
Ann Arbor, MI; and NTT America, Inc., Mountain View, CA have been added
as parties to this venture. Also, SAP, Foster City, CA; First Union
National Bank, Charlotte, NC; National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, CA;
and WH Brady, Milwaukee, WI 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 OBI Consortium intends to file
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
On September 10, 1997, OBI 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 November 10, 1997 (62 FR 60531).
The last notification was filed with the Department on December 1,
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 19, 1999 (64 FR 13604).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13290 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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