[Federal Register: December 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 245)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Antitrust Division


 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production act of 1993--Information Storage Industry Consortium


    Notice is hereby given that, on October 28, 2002, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Information Storage 
Industry Consortium (``INSIC'') 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, NSA, Ft. Meade, 
MD; and SONY, Boulder, CO have been added as parties to this venture. 
The following university has joined INSIC as a university associate 
member: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
    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 INSIC intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 12, 1991, INSIC 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 August 
13, 1991 (56 FR 38465).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on may 3, 2002. 
A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) 
of the Act on June 21, 2002 (67 FR 42281).


Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-32054 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]

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