[Federal Register: November 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 215)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--VSI Alliance

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 30, 2007, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), VSI Alliance has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Canadian 
Microelectronics Corp., Kingston, Ontario, CANADA; and UMC, Hsinchu 
City, TAIWAN have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 VSI Alliance intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 29, 1996, VSI Alliance 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 March 4, 1997 (62 FR 9812).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 12, 
2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 26, 2007 (72 FR 8402).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5557 Filed 11-6-07; 8:45 am]

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