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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Corporation for Open Systems International
Notice is hereby given that, on June 13, 1994, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Corporation for Open Systems
International (``COS'') has filed written notifications simultaneously
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing
certain information. 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, the changes are as follows: (1) JP Morgan ceased
membership in COS effective June 1, 1994; (2) COS was advised that the
name of the National Bureau of Standards, a member of COS, was changed
to National Institute of Standards and Technology; (3) COS has
established the SONET Interoperability Forum (the ``Forum'') to conduct
research regarding bandwidth and network management interoperability of
products implementing SONET (Synchronous Optical Network), an
international specification for bandwidth and network management; (4)
The following organizations became Associates of the Forum on the dates
indicated: ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Richardson, TX, on March 16,
1994; Applied Innovation, Inc., Columbus, OH, on March 22, 1994; DSC
Communications, Petaluma, CA, on June 13, 1994; Fujitsu NTS,
Transmission Systems Division, Richardson, TX, on April 21, 1994; NEC
America, Inc., Herndon, VA, on March 24, 1994; Newbridge Networks,
Inc., Herndon, VA, on April 21, 1994; Sprint Corporation, Westwood, KS,
on April 6, 1994; SWL Inc., Telecommunications Division, Columbia, MD,
on April 21, 1994; and Tellabs Operations, Inc., Lisle, IL, on April
21, 1994; (5) The following organizations became Auditing Members of
the Forum on the dates indicated: ANDO Corporation, Rockville, MD, on
April 1, 1994; MARBEN Products, Inc., Los Gatos, CA, on May 2, 1994;
Open Con Systems, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, on April 21, 1994; and Pulse
Communications, Inc., Herndon, VA, on May 31, 1994; (6) FTT
Consultants, Inc., Roswell, GA, became a participant in the COS X.500
Integration Pilot Project on May 25, 1994; (7) The ISDN Executive
Council (the ``Council'') has established the ISDN Solutions '94
project. ISDN Solutions '94 involves research regarding and the
development of simplified procedures for ordering and providing ISDN
network services, including documentation of switch translations for
equipment implementing the National ISDN-1 specification, as well as
promotion of the benefits of ISDN technology. The following
organizations became Patrons of ISDN Solutions '94 on the dates
indicated: Adtran, Huntsville, AL, on April 29, 1994; Cincinnati Bell
Telephone, Cincinnati, OH, on April 29, 1994; Controlware
Communications Systems, Inc., Neptune, NJ, on April 26, 1994; Fujitsu
Network Switching, Raleigh, NC, on April 29, 1994; Gandalf, Nepean,
Ontario, CANADA, on April 12, 1994; and TELES GmbH, Berlin, GERMANY, on
June 6, 1994.
No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned
activities of COS. Membership in COS remains open, and COS intends to
file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in
membership.
On May 14, 1986, COS 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 June 11,
1986, (51 FR 21260).
The last notification was filed with the Department on March 31,
1994. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 28, 1994 (59 FR 21999).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-26634 Filed 10-26-94; 8:45 am]
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