[Federal Register: December 31, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 251)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The ATM Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 21, 1998, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''). The ATM 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, Compaq Computer 
Corp., Norwood, MA; DGT, MOTC, Taiwan, R.O.C., Taipei, TAIWAN; and U.S. 
Army CECOM S&TCD, Fort Monmouth, NJ have been added as parties to this 
venture. The following members of ATM have changed their name: Litton-
Fibercom to Litton Network Access Systems, Roanoke, VA; SGS-Thomson 
Microelectronics to STMicroelectronics, St. Genis Pouilly, FRANCE; and 
Telecom Finland to Sonera Corporation, Tempere, FINLAND. First Virtual 
Corporation downgraded from a principal to an auditing member. Sphere 
Communications, Inc., Lake Bluff, IL and Certicom Corp., Mississauga, 
Ontario, CANADA have upgraded from auditing members to principal 
members.
    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 The ATM Forum intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 19, 1993, The ATM Forum file 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 June 2, 1993 (58 FR 31415).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 22, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34656 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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