[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27601-27602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12722]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line Form 
(``ADSL'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 8, 1998, 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 Asymmetrical Digital 
Subscriber Line Forum (``ADSL'') 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, General Datacom, 
Middlebury, CT; Hekimain Laboratories, Rockville, MD; Hitachi, 
Norcross, GA; Integrated Device Technology, Santa Clara, CA; KTL, 
Arnhem, The Netherlands; Marconi S.p.A., Genoa, Italy; National 
Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA; Netcom Systems, Chatsworth, CA; Racal 
Data Group, Sunrise, FL; Raychem, Menlo Park, CA; Torrent Networking, 
Silver Spring, MD; VideoGate, Charlotte, NC; Yurie Systems, Landover, 
MD; KPN Telecom, Den Hagg, The Netherlands; STMicroelectronics, St. 
Genispouilly, France; and Cabletron Systems, Piscataway, NJ have been 
added as parties to this venture. Also, SGS-Thomson, St. Genispouilly, 
France; and

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Ariel, Cranberry, NJ have been dropped 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 The Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber 
Line Forum (``ADSL'') intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 15, 1995, The Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line Forum 
(``ADSL'') 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 July 25, 1995 (60 FR 
338058).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 10, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-12722 Filed 5-19-99; 8:45 am]
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