Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72330-72331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34660]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 30, 1998, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Financial Services 
Technology Consortium, Inc. (``Consortium'') 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, City Holding 
Company, Cross Lanes, WV has joined the Consortium as a principal 
member; Diversinet, McLean, VA; Differential, Inc., Cupertino, CA; Ford 
Motor Credit, Dearborn, MI; Siliware, Inc., New York, NY; and Husky 
Labs, Shepherdstown, WV have joined the Consortium as associate 
members. Also, First Virtual, San Diego, CA; Oki Advanced Products, 
Tokyo, Japan; Verisign, Mountain View, CA; Digital Equipment Corp., New 
York,

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NY; Premenos, Concord, CA; and Kinzai Institute, Tokyo, Japan have been 
dropped 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 Financial Services Technology 
Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1993, Financial Services Technology 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 December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 31, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34660 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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