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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Corporation for Open Systems International

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 13, 1994, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Corporation for Open Systems 
International (``COS'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
certain information. 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, the changes are as follows: (1) JP Morgan ceased 
membership in COS effective June 1, 1994; (2) COS was advised that the 
name of the National Bureau of Standards, a member of COS, was changed 
to National Institute of Standards and Technology; (3) COS has 
established the SONET Interoperability Forum (the ``Forum'') to conduct 
research regarding bandwidth and network management interoperability of 
products implementing SONET (Synchronous Optical Network), an 
international specification for bandwidth and network management; (4) 
The following organizations became Associates of the Forum on the dates 
indicated: ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Richardson, TX, on March 16, 
1994; Applied Innovation, Inc., Columbus, OH, on March 22, 1994; DSC 
Communications, Petaluma, CA, on June 13, 1994; Fujitsu NTS, 
Transmission Systems Division, Richardson, TX, on April 21, 1994; NEC 
America, Inc., Herndon, VA, on March 24, 1994; Newbridge Networks, 
Inc., Herndon, VA, on April 21, 1994; Sprint Corporation, Westwood, KS, 
on April 6, 1994; SWL Inc., Telecommunications Division, Columbia, MD, 
on April 21, 1994; and Tellabs Operations, Inc., Lisle, IL, on April 
21, 1994; (5) The following organizations became Auditing Members of 
the Forum on the dates indicated: ANDO Corporation, Rockville, MD, on 
April 1, 1994; MARBEN Products, Inc., Los Gatos, CA, on May 2, 1994; 
Open Con Systems, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, on April 21, 1994; and Pulse 
Communications, Inc., Herndon, VA, on May 31, 1994; (6) FTT 
Consultants, Inc., Roswell, GA, became a participant in the COS X.500 
Integration Pilot Project on May 25, 1994; (7) The ISDN Executive 
Council (the ``Council'') has established the ISDN Solutions '94 
project. ISDN Solutions '94 involves research regarding and the 
development of simplified procedures for ordering and providing ISDN 
network services, including documentation of switch translations for 
equipment implementing the National ISDN-1 specification, as well as 
promotion of the benefits of ISDN technology. The following 
organizations became Patrons of ISDN Solutions '94 on the dates 
indicated: Adtran, Huntsville, AL, on April 29, 1994; Cincinnati Bell 
Telephone, Cincinnati, OH, on April 29, 1994; Controlware 
Communications Systems, Inc., Neptune, NJ, on April 26, 1994; Fujitsu 
Network Switching, Raleigh, NC, on April 29, 1994; Gandalf, Nepean, 
Ontario, CANADA, on April 12, 1994; and TELES GmbH, Berlin, GERMANY, on 
June 6, 1994.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activities of COS. Membership in COS remains open, and COS intends to 
file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On May 14, 1986, COS 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 June 11, 
1986, (51 FR 21260).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 31, 
1994. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 28, 1994 (59 FR 21999).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-26634 Filed 10-26-94; 8:45 am]
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