[Federal Register: December 31, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 251)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

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

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 30, 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''), Financial Services 
Technology Consortium, Inc. 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, Novell, Orem, UT; 
GlobeID Software, Paris, FRANCE; InteliData Technologies, Herndon, VA; 
Tumbleweed Software, Redwood City, CA; and Check Solutions, Memphis, TN 
have been admitted as associate members of the Consortium. Food 
Marketing Institute, Washington, DC; and General Services 
Administration, Washington, DC have been admitted as advisory members 
of the Consortium. Also, Copyright Clearance Center, Danvers, MA; 
Export-Import Bank of the U.S., Washington, DC; Royal Bank of Canada, 
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; and Agorics, Los Altos, 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 Financial Services Technology 
Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1993, Financial Services Technology 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 December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 30, 
1997. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34651 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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