98-9150. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993The Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line Forum

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17214]
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[FR Doc No: 98-9150]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 16, 1997, 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 Asymmetrical Digital 
Subscriber Line Forum (``ADSL'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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 following companies have joined ADSL: 
Diamond Lane Communications, Petaluma, CA; and Sun Microsystems, 
Mountain View, CA.
    Siemens Stromberg-Carlson has changed its name to Siemens AG. US 
Robotics merged with 3Com. Nynex merged with Bell Atlantic; and 
Performance Telecom has merged with Digital Link.
    No other changes have been made in the membership, nature or 
objectives of ADSL. Membership remains open, and ADSL intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 15, 1995, ADSL 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 July 25, 
1995 (60 FR 38058).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 12, 
1997. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register for 
this filing.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-9150 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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