00-17405. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum

Notice is hereby given that, on January 6, 2000, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum (“ECTF”) 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, StarBridge Technologies, Inc., Marlborough, MA, has been added as a Principal Member.

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, the ECTF intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On February 20, 1996, ECTF 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 May 13, 1996 (61 FR 22074).

The last notification was filed with the Department on October 21, 1999. A notice for this filing has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.