[Federal Register: August 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 160)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd.

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 13, 1998, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Wireless Application Protocol 
Forum, Ltd. (``WAP'') 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, Apion Ltd Interpoint, Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND; Certicom 
Corp., San Mateo, CA; DeLaRue Card Systems, Basingstoke, UNITED 
KINGDOM; Deutsche Telekom Mobilnet GmbH, Bonn, GERMANY; Fujitsu 
Software Corporation, San Jose, CA; Geoworks Corporation, Alameda, CA; 
Hongkong Telecom CSL, Hong Kong, HONG KONG; IBM Corporation, Yorktown 
Heights, NY; Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., Yokohama, 
JAPAN; MD-Co, Kontich, BELGIUM; NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., 
Kangawa, JAPAN; Psion Software plc, London, ENGLAND; Samsung 
Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon City, KOREA; Scandinavian Softline 
Technology Oy, Espoo, FINLAND;

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Schlumberger Industries S.A., Montrouge, FRANCE; Sema Group Limited, 
North York, Ontario, CANADA; Sendit AB (publ), Stockholm, SWEDEN; 
Societe Francaise du Radio Telephone, Paris, FRANCE; Spyglass, Inc., 
Naperville, IL; Starfish Software, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA; Telecom 
Finland Ltd., Tele, FINLAND; Telecom Italia Mobile S.p.A., Torino, 
ITALY; Uniden San Diego Research & Development Center, Inc., San Diego, 
CA; Vodafone Limited, Newbury, Berkshire, UNITED KINGDOM; and VTT 
Information Technology, Helsinki, FINLAND have been added as parties to 
this venture.
    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 WAP intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On March 18, 1998, WAP filed its original notification pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the Act. A notice for this filing has not yet been 
published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-21563 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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