[Federal Register: June 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Die Products Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 26, 2005, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Die Products Consortium (``DPC'') 
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, Infineon 
Technologies AG, Munich, GERMANY; and Philips Semiconductors, Inc., San 
Jose, CA have been added as parties to this venture. Also, National 
Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; and August Technology, 
Bloomington, MN have withdrawn as parties to this venture. The 
following member has changed its name: Motorola SPS to Freescale 
Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX.
    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 DPC intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 15, 1999, DPC 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 
June 26, 2000 (65 FR 39429).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 19, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 10, 2003 (68 FR 34644).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-12047 Filed 6-17-05; 8:45 am]

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