[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 10760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5541]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Ethernet in the First Mile Alliance

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 16, 2002, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Ethernet in the First Mile 
Alliance (``EFMA'') filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the 
venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) 
of the Act, the identities of the parties are Accton Technology Corp., 
Hsinchu. TAIWAN; Alloptic, Inc., Livermore, CA; Cisco Systems, San 
Jose, CA; Elastic Networks, Alpharetta, GA; Ericsson Telecom AB, Plano, 
TX; Extreme Networks, Pleasanton, CA; Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, 
CA; Intel, Santa Clara, CA; Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., 
Chiba, JAPAN; and World Wide Packets, Veradale, WA. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are to promote standard-based Ethernet in the 
First Mile technology and to encourage the utilization and 
implementation of Ethernet in the First Mile key networking technology 
for connectivity of various computing, data, and telecommunications 
devices.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-5541 Filed 3-7-02; 8:45 am]
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