Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Pistoia Alliance, Inc., 34364 [E9-16697]

Download as PDF 34364 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 134 / Wednesday, July 15, 2009 / Notices Fluid Controls, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Moog, East Aurora, IL; National Fluid Power Association, Milwaukee, WI; Pall Aeropower, Fort Myers, FL; Parker Hannif in, Cleveland, OH; Poclain Hydraulics, Sturtevant, WI; Quality Control, Chicago, IL; ROSS Controls, Troy, MI; Sauer-Danfoss, Ames, IA; Schmalz, Raleigh, NC; and Sun Hydraulics, Sarasota, FL. The general area of NFPA’s planned activity is the joint development of an action plan to identify and prioritize research and development projects in the fluid power industry, specifically, research investments, capability developments, and skills acquisitions needed to achieve advancement in hydraulics and pneumatics technology to meet future fluid power needs. For more information concerning the joint activities, please contact Eric Lanke, CAE, Executive Director of the National Fluid Power Association at 3333 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 211, Milwaukee, WI 53222. Patricia A. Brink, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. E9–16688 Filed 7–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Namur, BELGIUM; The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd., Guildford, Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM; and GGA Software Services LLC, Cambridge, MA. The general area(s) of Pistoia Alliance, Inc.’s planned activity are to: (a) Streamline non-competitive elements of the pharmaceutical drug discovery workflow by the specification of common business terms, relationships and processes and to facilitate the development and adoption of open, accessible data standards, taxonomies, ontologies and Web-service descriptions (the ‘‘Specifications’’); (b) promote such specifications and solutions worldwide; (c) provide for testing and conformity assessment of implementations in order to ensure and/or facilitate compliance with Specifications; (d) operate a branding program based upon distinctive trademarks to create high customer awareness of, demand for, and confidence in products designed in compliance with Specifications; and (e) undertake such other activities as may from time to time be appropriate to further the purposes and achieve the goals set forth above. Patricia A. Brink, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. E9–16697 Filed 7–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–M Antitrust Division sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Pistoia Alliance, Inc. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice is hereby given that, on May 28, 2009, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Pistoia Alliance, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties to the venture are: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA; AstraZeneca UK Limited, Westminster, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Glaxo Group, Ltd., Brentford, Middlesex, UNITED KINGDOM; Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY; Accelrys Inc., San Diego, CA; ChemlTment, Amston, CT; ChemAxon Ltd., Budapest, HUNGARY; BioXpr, Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—DVD Copy Control Association VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:21 Jul 14, 2009 Jkt 217001 Antitrust Division Notice is hereby given that, on June 5, 2009, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), DVD Copy Control Association (‘‘DVD CCA’’) 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, Continental Automotive GmbH, Wetzlar, GERMANY; DVS Korea Co., Ltd., Kyungi-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; East European Authoring and Encoding Centre Ltd., Sofia, BULGARIA; Ever Best Industrial (H.K.) Limited, Kowloon, HONG KONG–CHINA; Everbest Technology Development Ltd., North PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Point, HONG KONG–CHINA; Forworid Electronics Co., Ltd., Taichung City, TAIWAN; Hong Kong ASA Multimedia Co., Ltd., Kowloon, HONG KONG– CHINA; Orbit Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; Tecunion Electronics Technology Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Ultra Source Technology Corp., Hong Kong, HONG KONG– CHINA; Unicorn Information Systems Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Willette Acquisition Corp. dba Allied Vaughn, Minneapolis, MN; and Zhejiang Tianle Digital Electric Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Beautiful Enterprise Co., Ltd., Kowloon, HONG KONGCHINA; Cinea, Inc., Richmond, VA; Dicentia A/S, Sakskobing, DENMARK; Evatone, Inc., Clearwater, FL; Hewlett-Packard Company, Cupertino, CA; KalosNett Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Kawai Musical Instruments Nfg. Co., Ltd., Shizouka, JAPAN; New York Nickel LLC, Bohemia, NY; Pinnacle Systems, GmbH, Braunschweig, GERMANY; Protect Software GmbH, Dortmund, GERMANY; Protocall Technologies Incorporated, Commack, NY; ScientificAtlanta, Inc., Lawrenceville, GA; and Zhongshan Tomel Audio & Video Products Co., Ltd., Guangdong, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA have withdrawn as parties to this venture. In addition, Homenema Disk Inc. has changed its name to Homenema Technology Inc., Taipei Hsien, TAIWAN. 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 DVD CCA intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. On April 11, 2001, DVD CCA 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 August 3, 2001 (66 FR 40727). The last notification was filed with the Department on March 6, 2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on April 20, 2009 (74 FR 17985). Patricia A. Brink, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. E9–16698 Filed 7–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–M E:\FR\FM\15JYN1.SGM 15JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 34364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16697]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Pistoia Alliance, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 28, 2009, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Pistoia Alliance, Inc. has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties 
to the venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., 
Cambridge, MA; AstraZeneca UK Limited, Westminster, London, UNITED 
KINGDOM; Glaxo Group, Ltd., Brentford, Middlesex, UNITED KINGDOM; 
Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY; Accelrys Inc., San Diego, CA; ChemlTment, 
Amston, CT; ChemAxon Ltd., Budapest, HUNGARY; BioXpr, Namur, BELGIUM; 
The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd., Guildford, Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM; 
and GGA Software Services LLC, Cambridge, MA.
    The general area(s) of Pistoia Alliance, Inc.'s planned activity 
are to: (a) Streamline non-competitive elements of the pharmaceutical 
drug discovery workflow by the specification of common business terms, 
relationships and processes and to facilitate the development and 
adoption of open, accessible data standards, taxonomies, ontologies and 
Web-service descriptions (the ``Specifications''); (b) promote such 
specifications and solutions worldwide; (c) provide for testing and 
conformity assessment of implementations in order to ensure and/or 
facilitate compliance with Specifications; (d) operate a branding 
program based upon distinctive trademarks to create high customer 
awareness of, demand for, and confidence in products designed in 
compliance with Specifications; and (e) undertake such other activities 
as may from time to time be appropriate to further the purposes and 
achieve the goals set forth above.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-16697 Filed 7-14-09; 8:45 am]
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