[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23773]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Multimedia Telecommunications 
Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 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''), International Multimedia 
Telecommunications Consortium (``IMTC'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: International 
Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium, San Ramon, CA. The nature and 
scope of IMTC's standards development activities are: To advocate the 
common interests of the industry through education and promotion; to be 
an unbiased source of information to end users, press, industry 
analysts, legislators, regulators, and the industry; to identify 
obstacles to the growth and success of the industry, and to implement 
or recommend solutions; to develop and advocate requirements to 
standards-making organizations; and to promote and facilitate 
interoperability testing of real-time Multimedia Telecommunications 
products and services.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23773 Filed 10-22-04; 8:45 am]
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