[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22259-22260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11127]


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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 March 29, 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''), 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, Verilink, Madison, 
AL; ShareGate, Inc., Reno, NV; Mahi Networks, Petaluma, CA; Pivotech 
Systems, Inc., Piscataway, NJ; Partner Voxtream, Vojens, Denmark; and 
SII Network Systems, Inc., Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan have been added as 
parties to this venture. The following principal members have 
downgraded to auditing members: Thales Communications,

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Colombes Cedex, France; Fujitsu, Raleigh, NC; Zdruzenie ATM v SR, 
Bratislava, Slovakia; Paradyne, Largo, FL; and CNT Corporation, 
Plymouth, MN. The following members changed their names: CSELT S.p.A. 
to Telcom Italia Lab S.p.A., Torino, Italy; and Thomson-CSF to Thales 
Communications, Colombes Cedex, France. The following members have been 
involved in acquisitions: Spyrant, Calabasas, CA acquired Hekimian 
Laboratories, Rockville, MD; Qwest Communications, Arlington, VA 
acquired US West, Boulder, CO; Avtec Systems, Inc., Fairfax, FA 
acquired Symbiont, Fairfax, VA; Dynegy Connect, LP, Aurora, CO acquired 
Extant, Aurora, CO; Natural MicroSystems, Inc., St-Hubert, Quebec, 
Canada acquired InnoMediaLogic, Inc., Framingham, MA; and Altera 
Corporation, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom acquired 
DesignPRO, Inc., Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Also, Elsa Communications, 
Helsinki, Finland; Ciena Corporation, Marlboro, MA; K-Net, Ltd., 
Odiham, Hampshire, United Kingdom; Societe Europeene Des Satellites 
S.A., Betzdorf, Luxembourg; Telecom New Zealand, Wellington, New 
Zealand; Roke Manor Research, Romsey Hampshire, United Kingdom; 
University of Tech Helsinki, Espoo, Finland; University of Wuerzburg, 
Wuerzburg Germany; Central Research Institute of Electric Power, Tokyo, 
Japan; and Intercai Telematics Consultants, Utrecht, The Netherlands 
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 December 29, 
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 27, 2001 (66 FR 12565).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-11127 Filed 5-2-01; 8:45 am]
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