[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--Ethernet in the First Mile Alliance

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 17, 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''), Ethernet in the First Mile 
Alliance (``EFMA'') filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its membership status. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, BATM Advanced Communications, Yokneam Ilit, ISRAEL; 
Calix, Petaluma, CA; Fiberintheloop, Marlow, UNITED KINGDOM; Hatteras 
Networks, Research Triangle Park, NC; Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, 
GERMANY; Passave, Inc., Tel Aviv, ISRAEL; Spirent Communications, 
Calabasas, CA; and Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, have been added as 
parties to this venture. Also, Elastic Networks, Alpharetta, GA, has 
been acquired by Paradyne, Alpharetta, GA.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and EFMA intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 16, 2002, EFMA filed its original notification pursuant 
to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a 
notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on 
March 8, 2002 (67 FR 10760).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-15326 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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