[Federal Register: December 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 251)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Open Devicenet Vendor Association, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 3, 2008, 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 DeviceNet Vendor 
Association, Inc. (``ODVA'') 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, Racine Federated Inc., Racine, WI; Mon 
Seiki Co., Ltd. (U.S. subsidiary Digital Technology Laboratory, 
Corporation), West Sacramento, CA; and TR-Electronic GmbH, Trossingen, 
GERMANY have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Contemporary 
Controls Systems, Inc., Downers Grove, IL; and Bird Electronic 
Corporation, Solon, OH have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 ODVA intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 21, 1995, ODVA 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 February 
15, 1996 (61 FY 6039).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 5, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on October 21, 2008 (73 FR 62543).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-31043 Filed 12-30-08; 8:45 am]
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