[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 42725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17399]


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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 April 7, 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, TRW Space and 
Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA; Astrolink, Bethesda, CA; Avail 
Networks, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Basis Communications Corporation, 
Fremont, CA; Bay Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Catamaran 
Communications, Miliptas, CA; CyberPath Inc., Piscataway, NJ; General 
Bandwidth, Austin, TX; Ishoni Networks, Santa Clara, CA; Optical 
Solutions, Plymouth, MN; Tachion Networks, Eatontown, NJ; TeraGlobal 
Communications Corp., San Diego, CA; TERAYON Communication Systems, 
Tel-Aviv, Israel; and Trendium Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL have been added 
as parties to this venture. The following members have changed their 
names: Future Software Private Ltd. to Future Communications Software, 
San Jose, CA; and RADWIZ Ltd. to TERAYON Communication Systems, Tel-
Aviv, Israel.
    The following principal members have downgraded to auditing 
members: KDD, Tokyo, Japan; Panduit Corporation, Tinley Park, IL; 
Philips Research Labs, Aachen, Germany; Scientific Research Corp., 
Atlanta, GA; and Sumitomo Electric USA, Inc., Santa Clara, CA. The 
following auditing members have upgraded to principal members: 
GlobeSpan, Woodbridge, NJ; GTE Laboratories, Inc., Waltham, MA; 
Premisys Communications, Fremont, CA; and Zhone Technologies, Inc., 
Fremont, CA. Also, Adaptive Broadband Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA; AMCC, 
San Diego, CA; Ascom, Bern, Switzerland; Boeing Company, Seattle, WA; 
Booz Allen & Hamilton, McLean, VA; Cerent Corporation, Petaluma, CA; 
CYLINK Corp., Sunnyvale, CA; ETRI, Taejeon, South Korea; Hewlett-
Packard, Sunnyvale, CA; IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC; Inrange 
Technologies Corporation, Mount Laurel, NJ; INTRACOM S.A., Peania, 
Greece; Italtel, Settimo Milanese, Italy; Korea Telecom, Seoul, South 
Korea; Litton Network Access Systems, Roanoke, VA; Madge Networks Inc., 
Wexham, United Kingdom; Maker Communication, Inc., Westborough, MA; 
Matra Marconi Space, Toulouse, France; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, 
WA; Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd., Tayohash Aichi, Japan; National 
Communications System, Arlington, VA; Nokia Corp., Helsinki, Finland; 
Novanet Semiconductor, Raanana, Israel; Olicom A/S, Lyngby, Denmark; 
Pulse Communications, Inc., Herndon, VA; Qwest Communications, 
Arlington, VA; SALIX Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD; SITA, Valbonne, 
France; StorageTek, Brooklyn Park, MN; StratumOne, Santa Clara, CA; 
Tekelec, Inc., Calabasas, CA; Telecom Italia, Rome, Italy; Williams 
Communications, Tulsa, OK; 2Wire, Inc., Milpitas, CA; and Sonoma 
Systems, Marina Del Rey, CA 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 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 January 10, 
2000. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-17399 Filed 7-10-00; 8:45 am]
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