71 FR 58 pgs. 15218-15219 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Open SystemC Initiative

Type: NOTICEVolume: 71Number: 58Pages: 15218 - 15219
FR document: [FR Doc. 06-2925 Filed 3-24-06; 8:45 am]
Agency: Justice Department
Sub Agency: Antitrust Division
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Open SystemC Initiative

Notice is hereby given that, on February 27, 2006, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 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. 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, Bluespec. Inc., Waltham, MA; Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Carbon Design Systems, Waltham, MA; Doulos Ltd., Ringwood, Hampshire, United Kingdom, GreenSocs Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom; Jeda Technologies, Inc., Los Altos, CA; and Tenison Technology EDA Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom have been added as parties to this venture. Also, NEC Electronics, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Panasonic, Secaucus, NJ; and Verisity Design, Inc., Mountain View, CA have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 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 May 9, 2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 3, 2005 (70 FR 32654).

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 06-2925 Filed 3-24-06; 8:45 am]

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