[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 October 29, 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 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, France Telecom, New York, NY; and Satcom Electronic 
Commerce Service, Osborne Park, WA have joined the Consortium as 
Portfolio members. American Century, Kansas City, MO has joined the 
Consortium as an Executive Sponsor member. American Management Systems, 
Inc., Fairfax, VA; and Ascend Communications, Inc., Alameda, CA has 
joined the Consortium as Corporate Sponsor members. ChannelPoint, Inc., 
Colorado Springs, CO; Electric Press, Inc., Reston, VA; Extol, Inc., 
Pottsville, PA; GlobeID, Paris, FRANCE; and Texas Dept. of Information 
Resources, Austin, TX have joined the Consortium as Core members. Also, 
First Chicago NBD, Chicago, IL; InterTrust Technologies Corp., 
Sunnyvale, CA; NetGrocer, New York, NY; and The Vision Factory, Scotts 
Valley, CA; and Internet Mall, Sausalito, 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

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Section 6(b) of the Act on August 31, 1994 (59 FR 45012).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 2, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 31, 1998 (63 FR 72329).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-6691 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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