[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38594-38595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15598]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The ATM Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 10, 2000, 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 ATM Forum 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, Ellacoya Networks, 
Inc., Merrimack, NH; NorthPoint Communications, San Frncisco, CA; Calix 
Networks, Petaluma, CA; Jetstream Communications, Inc., Los Gatos, CA; 
Onex Communications Corporation, Bedford, MA; Oresis Communications, 
Inc., Portland, OR; and Westwave Communications, Santa Rosa, CA have 
been added as parties to this venture. The following members have 
changed their names: Omnia Communications, Inc. to Ciena Corporation, 
Marlboro, MA; Future Communications Software to Future Software Private 
Ltd., Nandanam, Madras, India; Mitel Corporation to Mitel 
Semiconductor, Kanata, Ontario, Canada; Broadband Technologies, Inc. to 
Pliant Systems Inc., Durham, NC; Telefonica I+D to Telefonica de 
Espana, Madrid, Spain. Also, the following four auditing members have 
upgraded to principal members: ADTRAN, Inc., Huntsville, AL; Altera 
Corporation, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom; ANDA 
Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; and Efficient Networks, Dallas, TX.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project.

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Membership in this group research project remains open, and The ATM 
Forum intends to file additional written notification disclosing all 
changes in membership.
    On April 19, 1993, The ATM Forum 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 2, 1993 (58 FR 31415).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 12, 
1999. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-15598 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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