[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 126 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40133-40134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16475]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd. 
(``The WAP Forum'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 13, 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''),

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Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd. (``the WAP 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, Allaire 
Corporation, Cambridge, MA; Amazon.com, Seattle, WA; Amdocs Ltd., 
Ra'anana, ISRAEL; AOL Europe, London, UNITED KINGSDOM; Art Technology 
Group, Cambridge, MA; Arthur Andersen LLP, Atlanta, GA; AU-System AB, 
Lund, SWEDEN; AvantGo, Inc., San Mateo, CA; Barnes and Noble.com, New 
York, NY; Brightpoint, Inc., Indianapolis, IN; Cable & Wireless Optus, 
Ltd., North Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA; CellPoint Systems AB, 
Sollentuna, SWEDEN; Conduit Software Ltd, Dublin, IRELAND; Consafe 
Infotech, Malmo, SWEDEN; Datenwerk, Vienna, AUSTRIA; DCI Gmbh, 
Starnberg, GERMANY; Dennotai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Detencon, Bonn, 
GERMANY; Deutsche Bank AG, Eschborn, GERMANY; Earthport.com Plc, 
London, UNITED KINGDOM; Edify Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; EnCommerce, 
Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Everypath.Com, Inc., Santa clara, CA; eWare, 
Ltd., Dublin, IRELAND; eXaLink Ltd, Kfar Sava, ISRAEL; FST Fabbrica 
Servizi Telematici, Sarroch, ITALY; Fujitsu Limited, Yokohama, JAPAN; 
Gohead Software, Bellevue, WA; Guide Konsult, Solna, SWEDEN; GWcom 
Shangai, Santa Clara, CA; HiQ International, Stockholm, SWEDEN; 
InfoCell, Amman, JORDAN; INFOCOMM Inc., Taipei, TAIWAN; Infovention, 
Stockholm, SWEDEN; Interleaf Inc., Waltham, MA; Intrinsic Technology 
Limited (Shanghai), Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; KG 
Telecommunications Co., Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; MicroStrategy 
Incorporated, Vienna, VA; Millenium Information Technologies, Colombo, 
SRI LANKA; Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; @mobile Corp., Bellevue, 
WA; Mobilephone Telecommunications, Tokyo, JAPAN; Mobilesoft Pty 
Limited, Sydney, AUSTRALIA; NavaraSoft Ltd, Shannon, County Clare, 
IRELAND; Neomar, San Francisco, CA; Netegrity, Inc., Waltham, WA; 
Nettech Systems, Inc., Princeton, NJ; New Media Science/Linne Group, 
Oslo, NORWAY; NoTime Wireless, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA; NTRU 
Cryptosystems, Inc., Boston, MA; Ogilvy Interactive Worldwide, New 
York, NY; OpenGrid Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Opt[e]way, Paris la Defense 
Cedex, FRANCE; Palm Reach, Stockholm, SWEDEN; ParaRede Technologies, 
Lisboa, PORTUGAL; Pixo, Inc., Cupertino, CA; Proteus, Inc., Washington, 
DC; Psion Computers Plc, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Quinary, Milan, ITALY; 
Real Names Corp., San Carlos, CA; Riverbed Technologies, Inc., Vienna, 
VA; Santama Interactive, Helsinki, FINLAND; ShopNow.com. Seattle, WA; 
Sigma AB, Malmo, SWEDEN; SignalSoft Corp., Boulder, CO; SinnerSchrader, 
Hamburg, GERMANY; Software AG, Darmstadt, GERMANY; Solid Information 
Technology, Ltd., Helsinki, FINLAND; Sybase, Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, 
CANADA; TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., New York, NY; ThinAirApps, New York, 
NY; TIBCO Software Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Time/system International, 
Allerod, DENMARK; VAST Solutions, Inc., Addison, TX; VeriFone, Santa 
Clara, CA; Vignette Corporation, Austin, TX; Visma ASA, Oslo, NORWAY; 
WIPRO Technologies--Global R&D, Bangalore, INDIA; Wireless Data 
Services, Ltd., Dorset, UNITED KINGDOM; Wysdom Inc., Richmond Hill, 
Ontario, CANDA; Xircom, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA; Yamaha Corporation, 
Hamamatsu, JAPAN; and Zi Corporation, Hong Kong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA 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 Wireless Application Protocol Forum, 
Ltd. (``The WAP Forum'') intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On March 18, 1998, Wireless Application Portocol Forum, Ltd. (``The 
WAP 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 December 31, 1998 (63 
FR 72333).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 5, 
1999. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16475 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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