[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 231 (Thursday, December 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 67590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31248]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 27, 1999, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), OBI 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, Supplyworks, 
Lexington, MA; Abbott, Abbott Park, IL; webMethods, San Francisco, CA; 
and Unisoft, Burlingame, CA have been added as parties to this venture. 
Also, Interworld, New York, NY; Requisite Technologies, Boulder, CO; GE 
Global Services, Fairfield, CT; All Data, Elk Grove, CA; and Applied 
Industrial Technologies, Cleveland, OH have been dropped as parties to 
this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the joint venture. Membership in this joint venture remains 
open, and OBI Consortium Inc. intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 10, 1997, OBI 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 November 10, 1997 (62 FR 60531).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on February 23, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 26, 1999 (64 FR 28519).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-31248 Filed 12-1-99; 8:45 am]
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