[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 85 (Monday, May 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 24195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10002]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1933--Optical Internetworking Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 5, 2004, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Optical Internetworking 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, Cray, 
Chippewa Falls, WI; FiberHome Telecommunications, Wuhan, People's 
Republic of China; Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA; Acuid, 
Midlothian, United Kingdom; Azna, Wilmington, MA; Mitretek, Falls 
Church, VA; Pontusys, Pasadena, CA; and Wavecrest, Eden Prairie, MN 
have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Innovance, Ottawa, 
Ontario, Canada; and US Conec, Hickory, NC have been dropped as parties 
to this venture. Synopsys, Mountain View, CA acquired Accelerant 
Networks, Beaverton, OR.
    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 Optical Internetworking Forum 
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On October 5, 1998, Optical Internetworking 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 January 29, 1999 (64 FR 4709).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 14, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 12, 2003 (68 FR 64125).

Dorothy Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-10002 Filed 4-30-04; 8:45 am]
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