[Federal Register: November 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 218)]
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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 October 14, 2003, 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 has 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, Analogix Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA; Circadiant 
Systems, Allentown, PA; Civcom, Petah-Tikva, ISRAEL; Diablo 
Technologies, Gatinea, Quebec, CANADA; Ibiden, Gifu, JAPAN; KeyEye 
Communication, Sacramento, CA; Lambda Optical Systems, Holmdel, NJ; 
Quellan, Atlanta, GA; Foxconn, Harrisburg, PA; China Academy of 
Telecommunication Research, Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; 
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and University of New 
Hampshire, Durham, NH have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Interintelligence, Torrance, CA; Movaz Networks, McLean, VA; 
Network Elements, Beaverton, OR; Philips Semiconductors, Eindhoven, THE 
NETHERLANDS; Sierra Monolithics, Redono Beach, CA; Spirent, Honolulu, 
HI; STMicrolectronics, Nepeon, Ontario, CANADA; Teradian Networks, San 
Jose, CA; T-Networks, Allentown, PA; Transpectrum, Los Angeles, CA; 
Tsunami Photonics, Dun Laoghaire,

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IRELAND; Wavecrest, Eden Prairie, MN; Xelerated, Stockholm, SWEDEN; and 
Zarlink, San Diego, CA have been dropped as parties to this venture. 
Multilink Technology, Somerset, NJ has merged into Vitesse 
Semiconductor, Camarillo, CA.
    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 Optical Internetworking Forum 
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On October 5, 1998, Optical Internetworking Forum 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 January 29, 1999 (64 FR 4709).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 23, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 29, 2003 (68 FR 52056).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-28285 Filed 11-10-03; 8:45 am]

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