Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 69397

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Joint Venture Under ATP 

Award No. 70NAB4H3055

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 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’’), the 

Joint Venture Under ATP Award No. 

70NAB4H3055 has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) The 

identities of the parties to the venture 

and (2) the nature and objectives of the 

venture. 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 

identities of the parties to the venture 

are: The Dow Chemical Company, 

Midland, MI and Veeco Metrology, LLC, 

Santa Barbara, CA. The nature and 

objectives of the venture are to develop 

high speed atomic force microscope 

capabilities for quantitative 

nanomechanical measurements.

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—Mobile Enterprise 

Alliance, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 30, 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’’), 

Mobile Enterprise Alliance, Inc. 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, Intellisync Corporation, 

San Jose, CA has been added as a party 

to this venture. Also, Symbian Ltd., 

London, United Kingdom has been 

dropped as a party to this venture. 

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 Mobile 

Enterprise Alliance, Inc. intends to file 

additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On June 24, 2004, Mobile Enterprise 

Alliance, Inc. 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 23, 2004 (69 FR 44062).

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—MPLS and Frame Relay 

Alliance 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 23, 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’’), MPLS 

and Frame Relay Alliance (‘‘MFA’’) 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: MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance, 

Fremont, CA. The nature and scope of 

MFA’s standards development activities 

are: (1) Serving as a meeting ground for 

companies that are creating and 

deploying products that implement 

MPLS, or services that depend on the 

capabilities introduced by MPLS and its 

associated technologies; (2) identifying, 

selecting, augmenting, as appropriate, 

and publishing MPLS implementation 

agreements drawn from appropriate 

national and international, defacto, and 

dejure standards; (3) identifying, 

selecting, augmenting, as appropriate, 

and publishing frame relay 

implementation agreements drawn from 

appropriate national and international, 

defacto, and dejure standards; (4) 

promoting/fostering the measurement, 

demonstration and testing of frame relay 

products in order to further 

compatibility and interoperability; (5) 

conducting cooperative research; (6) 

developing proposals to be made to 

appropriate national and international 

standards bodies in order to further 

system compatibility and 

interoperability; and (7) developing 

publications and informational 

materials. ‘‘Implementation 

agreement(s)’’ shall mean specifications, 

protocols, system architectures and 

other similar guidelines related to multiprotocol label switching and/or frame 

relay technologies that may be 

developed, adopted, published or 

otherwise made available to the public 

by the Corporation.

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—National Electrical 

Contractors Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 8, 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’’), 

National Electrical Contractors 

Association (‘‘NECA’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name the 

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: National Electrical 

Contractors Association, Bethesda, MD. 

The nature and scope of NECA’s 

standards development activities are: 

NECA, in partnership with other 

industry organizations, has developed