61872 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Society of Cable 

Telecommunications Engineers 

Notice is hereby given that, ,on 

September 20, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Society of Cable Telecommunications 

Engineers (‘‘SCTE’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting 

the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 

actual damages under specified 

circumstances. 

Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the 

name and principal place of business of 

the standards development organization 

is: Society of Cable Telecommunications 

Engineers, Exton, PA. The nature and 

scope of SCTE’s standards development 

activities are: the development of 

standards, specifications, and technical 

reports in the field of cable 

telecommunications. Standardization 

topics include, but are not limited to, 

definitions and terminology; methods of 

measurement and test; products; 

systems, technology rating structures; 

thermal limits and applications guides; 

recommended practices; materials; and 

safety.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—The Telecommunications 

Industry Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

12, 2004, 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 

Telecommunications Industry 

Association (‘‘TIA’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting 

the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 

actual damages under specified 

circumstances. 

Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the 

name and principal place of business of 

the standards development organization 

is: The Telecommunications Industry 

Association, Arlington, VA. The nature 

and scope of TIA’s standards 

development activities are: TIA is 

accredited by the American National 

Standards Institute (‘‘ANSI’’) to develop 

voluntary industry standards for a wide 

variety of telecommunications products. 

TIA’s Standards and Technology 

Department is composed of five 

divisions which sponsor more than 70 

standards-setting formulating groups in 

Fiber Optics, User Premises Equipment, 

Network Equipment, Wireless 

Communications and Satellite 

Communications.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Theatrical Dealers 

Association D/B/A Entertainment 

Services and Technology Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 9, 2004, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Theatrical Dealers Association d/b/a 

Entertainment Services and Technology 

Association (‘‘ESTA’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting 

the recovery of antitrust plantiffs to 

actual damages under specified 

circumstances. 

Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the 

name and principal place of business of 

the standards development organization 

is: Theatrical Dealers Association d/b/a 

Entertainment Services and Technology 

Association, New York, NY. The nature 

and scope of ESTA’s standards 

development activities are: The 

development of technical standards 

used in the entertainment industry, 

principally in the live entertainment 

industry, that promote compatibility 

among equipment, products, and 

systems of competing manufacturers or 

that are designed to prevent 

unreasonable risks of injury to either 

persons or property through equipment 

or products or the manner in which they 

are to be used.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Third Generation 

Partnership Project 2

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 14, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Third 

Generation Partnership Project 2 

(‘‘3GPP2’’ has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal name of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting 

the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 

actual damages under specified 

circumstances. 

Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the 

name and principal place of business of 

the standards development organization 

is: Third Generation Partnership Project 

2, Arlington, VA. The nature and scope 

of 3GPP2’s standards development 

activities are: for the purposes of 

preparing, approving, and maintaining 

globally applicable Technical 

Specifications and Technical Reports for 

a 3rd Generation Mobile System based 

on the evolving ANSI–41 Core Network 

and the relevant radio access 

technologies to be transposed by the 

relevant standardization bodies 

(Organizational Partners) into