[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 17202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7778]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Multiservice Switching Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 8, 2001, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Multiservice Switching 
Forum (``MSF'') 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, Beacon Networks, Marlborough, MA; Calix Networks, 
Petaluma, CA; Coppercom, Santa Clara, CA; Efficient Networks, Dallas, 
TX; General Bandwidth, Austin, TX; Data Connection Limited, Enfield, 
England, UNITED KINGDOM; and Voxpath Networks, Austin, TX 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 MSF intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 22, 1999, MSF 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 
May 26, 1999 (64 FR 28519).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 29, 
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 6, 2000 (65 FR 59874).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-7778 Filed 3-28-01; 8:45 am]
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