[Federal Register: February 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 31)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Antitrust Division


 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Interchangeable Virtual Instruments Foundation, 
Inc.


    Notice is hereby given that, on January 21, 2003, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), International Virtual 
Instruments Foundation, 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, Raytheon, Tucson, 
AZ; and Solectron, Milpitas, CA 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 International Virtual Instruments 
Foundation, Inc. intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 29, 2001, International Virtual Instruments Foundation, 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 July 30, 2001 (66 FR 39336).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 29, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 5, 2002 (67 FR 72429).


Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-3728 Filed 2-13-03; 8:45 am]

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