58748 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—The Frame Relay Forum

Notice is hereby given that, on August

1, 1997, pursuant to § 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the Frame Relay

Forum (‘‘Forum’’) 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, the following have

joined the Forum as Worldwide

members: Spider Software Limited,

Edinburgh, UK; and Datacraft Asia Ltd.,

Taikoo Shingh, Hong Kong. The

following organization has joined as an

Auditing member: State of Louisiana/

OTM, Baton Rouge, LA. The following

organization has withdrawn its

membership from the forum: AT&T

Canada. Changes in membership are as

follows; UUNET Technologies changed

its membership from Worldwide to

Affiliate, and Farallon Communications

moved from Auditing to Worldwide

Membership.

No other changes have been made in

either membership or planned activities

of the Forum. Membership remains

open and the Forum intends to file

additional written notifications

disclosing all membership changes.

On April 10, 1992, the Forum filed its

original notification pursuant to § 6(a) of

the Act. The Department of Justice

published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to § 6(b) of the Act on

July 2, 1992 (57 FR 29537). The last

notification was filed on June 10, 1997.

A notice was published in the Federal

Register on July 25, 1997 (62 FR 40107).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Divisions

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Gas Utilization Research

Forum

Notice is hereby given that, on August

11, 1997, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Gas Utilization

Research Forum (‘‘GURF’’) has filed

written notification 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

damage under specified circumstances.

Specifically, University of Bath, Bath,

UNITED KINGDOM, is no longer

participating in the Gas Utilization

Research Forum.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group. Membership in

this group remains open, and GURF

intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership. Information regarding

membership in GURF may be obtained

from the Secretary, Dennis Winegar,

Manager, Technical Service & Project

Development, Texaco Natural Gas

International, P.O. Box 4700, Houston,

TX 77210–4700, Telephone (713) 752–

7654, Facsimile: (713) 752–4681.

On December 19, 1990, GURF filed its

original notification pursuant to Section

69a) of the Act. The Department of

Justice published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on January 16, 1991, (56 FR 1655).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on June 24, 1997. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on September 10, 1997 (62 FR

47690).

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—MD Consult, LLC

Notice is hereby given that, on June

30, 1997, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), MD Consult, LC 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: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis,

MI; W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA;

and WK Medical, Inc., Chicago, IL. MD

Consult will consider applications for

new membership as they are submitted.

The nature and objective of the joint

venture is to produce the most advanced

and comprehensive on-line information

and communications service for

physicians and others in the medicalscientific community and to increase

the availability and distribution of

leading medical references and daily

medical news via the World Wide Web.

To accomplish its objective, MD Consult

intends to engage in the collection,

exchange, and where appropriate,

licensing and dissemination of research

and intellectual property information,

and to work closely with educational,

governmental, and private agencies to

enhance the accessibility of medical

research information.

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—Quinta Corporation

Notice is hereby given that, on July

29, 1997, pursuant to § 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the QUINTA

Corporation (‘‘Consortium’’) 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

§ 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the

parties are: QUINTA Corporation, San

Jose CA; and SDL Inc., San Jose, CA.

The purpose of this Joint Venture is

to develop and demonstrate a novel

flying optical recording head. The

activities of this venture will be

partially funded by an award from the

Advanced Technology Program,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Department of Commerce.