Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-USB Flash Drive Allowance (“UFDA”)

Notice is hereby given that, on January 12, 2004, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), USB Flash Drive Alliance (“UFDA”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, Phison, Hsinchu, Taiwan; AddOn Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan; Alcor Micro Corp., Taipei, Taiwan; DataFab Systems, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan; and GlobalWare Solutions, Inc., Redwood City, CA have been added 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 UFDA intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On November 12, 2003, UFDA 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 December 12, 2003 (68 FR 69423).