[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 75347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27546]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Optical Internetworking Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 22, 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 (``OIF'') 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: Optical 
Internetworking Forum, Fremont, CA. The nature and scope of OIF's 
standards development activities are: (1) To support the rapid 
advancement of an efficient and compatible technology base that 
promotes a competitive marketplace; (2) to promote global development 
of optical internetworking technology; (3) to identify optical 
internetworking applications; (4) to provide educational services; (5) 
to promote worldwide compatibility and interoperability; (6) to 
encourage input to appropriate national and international standards 
bodies; (7) to identify, select, augment as appropriate, and publish 
optical internetworking implementation agreements drawn from 
appropriate national and international standards; and (8) to foster the 
development and deployment of interoperable products and services for 
data switching and routing using optical networking technologies.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27546 Filed 12-15-04; 8:45 am]
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