[Federal Register: December 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 250)]
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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 June 22, 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, Price 
Waterhouse LLP, New York, NY; and EC Cubed, Wilton, CT have joined the 
Consortium as Corporate Portfolio members. Current Analysis, Sterling, 
VA has joined the Consortium as an In-Kind member. Boise Cascade Office 
Products, Itasca, IL; Jazz It, Inc., Austin, TX; Trade'Ex, Tampa, FL; 
and ZD Studios, Needham, MA have joined the Consortium as Core members 
to this venture. Also, InsWEB, San Mateo, CA; Toshiba Corp.-USA, San 
Jose, CA; France Telecom, San Francisco, CA; WIPRO, Santa Clara, CA; 
BASF, Morris Plains, NJ; and Signal Internet Technologies, Pittsburgh, 
PA 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 May 19, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34648 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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