[Federal Register: February 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 29)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1933--Open SystemC Initiative (``OSCI'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 12, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1933, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Open SystemC Initiative 
(``OSCI'') 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, Prosilog SA, Cergy-Prefecture, France; Panasonic, 
Secaucus, NJ; and Summit Design, Inc., Burlington, MA have been added 
as parties to this venture. Also, Future Design Automation, Tokyo, 
Japan has been dropped 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 OSCI intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 9, 2001, OSCI 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 3, 2002 (67 FR 350).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 22, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on May 16, 2003 (68 FR 26649).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-3065 Filed 2-11-04; 8:45 am]

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