72 FR 37 pg. 8402 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—VSI Alliance
Type: NOTICEVolume: 72Number: 37Page: 8402
FR document: [FR Doc. 07-836 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
Agency: Justice Department
Sub Agency: Antitrust Division
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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 January 12, 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, Synplicity, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; and Altera Corp., San Jose, CA have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, JAPAN; FZI-Forschungszentrum Informatick and der University, Karlsruhe, GERMANY; LTRIM Technologies, Inc., Laval, Quebec, CANADA; and Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 October 23, 2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 22, 2006 (71 FR 67643).
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-836 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
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