[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67949-67950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25835]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Software Defined Radio Form

    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''), The Software Defined Radio 
Forum (``SDR Forum'' 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: The Software 
Defined Radio Forum, Denver, CO. The nature and scope of SDR Forum's 
standards development activities are: (a) To promote the development 
and application of a compatible modular technology base for software-
defined information transfer systems and devices; (b) to comprise an 
international group of equipment vendors, subsystem vendors, software 
developers, technology developers, communication service providers, 
research and engineering organizations, government users, regulators 
and other interested parties who share the common business interest of 
supporting the advancement of a compatible modular technology base for 
multimode multiband information transfer systems and devices; (c) to 
promote the development and application of such technology worldwide; 
(d) to promote national and international compatibility

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and interoperability for such technology; (e) to develop and/or 
promulgate uniform standards for such technology; and (f) to conduct 
cooperative research, perform tests and prepare and disseminate 
informational materials relating to such technology.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25835 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]
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