38596 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 21, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Interoperability

Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 13, 2000, pursuant to section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

Interoperability Consortium, Inc. has

filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) the identities

of the parties and (2) the nature and

objectives of the venture. The

notifications were filed for the purpose

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting

the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to

actual damages under specified

circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b)

of the Act, the identities of the parties

are American Express Travel Related

Services Company, Inc., New York, NY;

and Visa International Services

Association, Foster City, CA. The nature

and objectives of the venture are to

promote and accelerate the acceptance

and use of the File Structure

Specification of a Travel and

Entertainment Multi-Application Smart

Card as a worldwide open standard in

the smart card industry and otherwise to

promote and accelerate the creation of

global interoperability for multiple

application smart cards.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—J Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

October 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’’), J

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, ACE Associated Compiler

Experts Br., Amsterdam, The

Netherlands; Ericsson, Alvsjo, Sweden;

Esmertec ag, Zurich, Switzerland; Swiss

Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich,

Switzerland; O’Reilly Institute, Trinity

College, Dublin, Ireland; Ralph

Boroughs, Chattanooga, TN; Lois

Goldthwaite, Claygate, Surrey KTIO

OSA, United Kingdom; Samuel E. Riffle,

Providence, RI; and Fridtjof Siebert,

Stuttgart, Germany have been added 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 J Consortium,

Inc. intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On August 9, 1999, J Consortium, Inc.

filed its original notification pursuant to

Section 6(a) of the Act. A notice has not

yet been published in the Federal

Register.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—J Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 20, 2000, pursuant to section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), J

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, Avanti Systems, Inc.,

Issaquah, WA; Brionregina SRL, Roma,

Italy; Dera Bincleaves, Weymouth,

United Kingdom; IniNet AG, Reinach,

Switzerland; SAAB Combitech Systems

AB, Jonkoping, Sweden; The University

of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent,

United Kingdom; University of Wales

Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, United

Kingdom; Vidiom Systems Corporation,

Boulder, CO; WyNpro Solutions, LLC,

San Diego, CA; and Florian Liekweg,

Karlsruhe, Germany have been added 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 J Consortium,

Inc. intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On August 9, 1999, J 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 March 21, 2000 (65

FR 15175).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on October 27, 1999. A

notice has not yet been published in the

Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—National Shipbuilding

Research Program (‘‘NSRP’’)

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 5, 2000, pursuant to section 6(a)

of the National Cooperative Research

and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), National

Shipbuilding Research Program

(‘‘NSRP’’) 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, Cascade General, Inc.,

Portland, OR has been added as a party

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 National

Shipbuilding Research Program

(‘‘NSRP’’) intends to file additional

written notification disclosing all

changes in membership.

On March 13, 1998, National

Shipbuilding Research Program

(‘‘NSRP’’) 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 January 29,

1999 (64 FR 4708).