[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9979-9980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3923]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Controlnet International, Ltd.

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 3, 2005, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), ControlNet International, 
Ltd. (``ControlNet'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the

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Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture 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 
to the venture are: Advanced Micro Controls, Inc., Terryville, CT; 
Balogh T.A.G. Corporation, Brighton, MI; Belden Wire & Cable Company, 
Richmond, IN; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Claremont, NC; Eaton 
Electrical, Inc., Westerville, OH; Cyberlogic Technologies, Inc., 
Clawson, MI; Detector Electronics Corporation, Minneapolis, MN; Escort 
Memory Systems, Scotts Valley, CA; Festo AG & Co., Esslingen, Germany; 
Fife Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK; FLS Automation A/S, Valby, 
Denmark; Fujikura, Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Hilscher Gesellschaft fur 
Systemautomation GmbH, Hattersheim, Germany; Hirschmann Electronics, 
Inc., Riverdale, NJ; HMS Fieldbus System AB, Halmstad, Germany; 
Honeywell International, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; I.D.C. Corporation, 
Dimondale, MI; IXXAT Automation GmbH, Weingarten, Germany; Kawasaki 
Robotics (USA), Inc., Wixom, MI; Kendall Electric, Inc., Battle Creek, 
MI; McNaughton-McKay Electric Company, Madison Heights, MI; Nordson 
Corporation, Westlake, OH; Numatics, Incorporated, Highland, MI; 
Phoenix Digital Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ; Prosoft Technology, Inc., 
Bakersfield, CA; Pyramid Solutions, Inc., Troy, MI; Real Time 
Automation, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI; Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, 
Mayfield Heights, OH; Rockwell Automation/Reliance Electric, Cleveland, 
OH; SMC Corporation of America, Tustin, CA; Unico, Inc., Franksville, 
WI; and Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Kitakyushu-city, Japan.
    The general area of ControlNet's planned activity is to serve as an 
independent organization for users and vendors of ControlNet products. 
ControlNet manages the ControlNet Specificiation and supports the 
worldwide growth of the ControlNet network protocol and related 
networking technologies by developing test software, providing 
independent compliance testing, publishing the ControlNet product 
catalog, and sponsoring training in design and implementation of 
ControlNet. ControlNet also supports continuing technology enhancement 
by organizing Special Interest Groups to develop Device Profiles for 
specific classes of products.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-3923 Filed 2-28-05; 8:45 am]
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