[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--Commercenet Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 2, 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, Junglee, Sunnyvale, CA and Information Management 
Associates, Inc., Irvine, CA have joined the Consortium as Portfolio 
members. CSC Consulting Group, Waltham, MA has joined the Consortium as 
an Executive Sponsor Member. Compucom Systems, Dallas, TX; Fort Point 
Partners, San Francisco, CA; Differential, Cupertino, CA; eGain, San 
Jose, CA; Quantum Communications, Hamilton, BERMUDA and Peapod, Inc., 
Skokie, IL have joined the Consortium as Core members. Truste, Palo 
Alto, CA has joined the Consortium as a Membership Swap member. Also, 
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA; Netbot, Inc., Seattle, WA; The New 
England, Boston, MA; and Microsystem Software, Inc., Framingham, MA 
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 August 21, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34658 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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