[Federal Register: December 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 231)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--CommerceNet Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 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''), CommerceNet Consortium, 
Inc. (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, BT Squared, 
Atlanta, GA; Mimos Berhad, Kaula Lumpur, WP, MALAYSIA; On-link 
Technologies, Redwood City, CA; Taxware International, Inc., Salem, MA; 
ReleaseNow.com, San Carols, CA; and Hypercom POS, Phoenix, AZ have 
joined the Consortium as Core members. VerticalNet, Inc., Horsham, PA 
has joined the Consortium as a Portfolio member. Netera Holdings, Inc., 
Berwyn, PA has joined the Consortium as an In-kind member. BT, Reston, 
VA has joined the Consortium as a Corporate Sponsor. Also, Cloudscape, 
Inc., Oakland, CA; EC Cubed, Wilton, CT; and Rights Exchange, Inc., 
Buffalo, NY 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, Inc. intends 
to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On June 13, 1994, CommerceNet 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 August 31, 1994 (59 FR 45012).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 16, 
1999. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-31254 Filed 12-1-99; 8:45 am]
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