[Federal Register: March 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 53)]
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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 December 15, 1998, 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 file 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, Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA; and Cisco 
Systems, San Jose, CA joined the Consortium as Executive Sponsor 
members. Engage Technologies, Andover, MA; and American Express, New 
York, NY joined the Consortium as Portfolio members. FASTXchange, Inc., 
Marina del Rey, CA; SITI, Kista, SWEDEN; McCutchen, Doyle, Brown, and 
Enersen LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Inference Corporation, Novato, CA; and The 
Gap Inc., San Bruno, CA joined the Consortium as Core members. Also, 
AMP, Inc., Harrisburg, PA; NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., Fort Myers, FL; 
BAX Global Logistics/Logistics Advantage, Atlanta, GA; National 
Housewares Mfg. Assoc. NHMA, Rosemont, IL; SpaceWorks, Inc., Rockville, 
MD; WorldPoint, Honolulu, HI; SupplyWorks, Lexington, MA; Digital 
Island, San Francisco, CA; and GEIS, Rockville, MD 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 October 29, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-6690 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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