[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28546-28547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13037]


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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 April 4, 2001, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Multiservice Switching Forum 
(``MSF'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the

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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, Anda Networks, San 
Jose, CA; Armillaire Technologies, Bethesda, MD; Nahi Networks, 
Petaluma, CA; Telica, Marlboro, MA; University of New Hampshire, 
Durham, NH; and Vocal Data, Richardson, TX have been added as parties 
to this venture. Also, 2nd Century Communications, Tampa, FL; 3COM, 
Santa Clara, CA; ADC Telecommunications, Richardson, TX; BellSouth, 
Atlanta, GA; CopperCom, Santa Clara, CA; Hitachi Telecom, Tokyo, JAPAN; 
NetPlane, Dedham, MA; PairGain, Tustin, CA; Telefonica de Espana, 
Madrid, SPAIN; Telia, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Tellabs, Lisle, IL; Vivace 
Networks, San Jose, CA; and Xbind, New York, NY have been dropped as 
parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been 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 January 8, 
2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 29, 2001 (66 FR 17202).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-13037 Filed 5-22-01; 8:45 am]
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