[Federal Register: December 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 244)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--VSI Alliance

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 10, 2007, 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''), VSI Alliance 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, UMC, Hsinchu City, 
TAIWAN; and Intel, Santa Clara, CA have withdrawn as parties to this 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 VSI Alliance intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 29, 1996, VSI Alliance 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

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6(b) of the Act on March 4, 1997 (62 FR 9812).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 30, 
2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 7, 2007 (72 FR 62870).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-6123 Filed 12-19-07; 8:45 am]

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