[Federal Register: June 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Open Core Protocol International Partnership 
Association, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 10, 2002, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq., (``the Act''), OCP International Partnership 
Association, Inc. (``OCP-IP'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identifies of the parties 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 identity of the only party at 
this time is Easterel Technologies, Inc., Guyancourt, FRANCE. OCP-IP is 
dedicated to addressing problems relating to design, verification and 
testing which are common to IP core reuse in ``plug and play'' system-
on-chip designs. OCP-IP intends to undertake cooperative research, 
development, formulation and experimentation activities concerning 
these problems and the ``open core protocol'' for system-on-chip 
design. The nature and objectives are to (a) provide a forum for 
industry participants to contribute to the development and promote the 
evolution of the ``open core protocol'' for the system-on-chip 
products; (b) to develop conformance standards and tests for 
determining compliance with the ``open core protocol''; (c) to support 
the development of products that are compliant with the ``open core 
protocol''; (d) to support, promote and accelerate the acceptance and 
use of the ``open core protocol'' for system-on-chip products; and (e) 
to undertake such other activities as may from time to time be 
appropriate to further the purposes and achieve the goals set forth 
above.
    Additional information concerning OCP-IP may be obtained from Ian 
Mackintosh, President of OCP International Partnership Association, 
Inc., at OCP International Partnership, 5440 SW. Westgate Dr., Suite 
217, Portland, OR 97221, (503) 291-2560.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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