Federal Register: December 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 241)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-27546
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: National cooperative research notifications:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Optical Internetworking Forum
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
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.
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SUMMARY:
Optical Internetworking Forum,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
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. 0427546 Filed 121504; 8:45 am]
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