38594 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 21, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Infiniband Trade

Association

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 21, 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’’),

System I/O, Ind. dba InfiniBand Trade

Association (‘‘InfiniBand’’) has filed

written notifications simultaneously

with the Attorney General and the

Federal Trade Commission disclosing

(1) the identities of the parties 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 are 3Com, Santa Clara, CA;

AANetcom, Inc., San Jose, CA; Adaptec

Inc., Milpitas, CA; Alacrity

Communications, Inc., Milpitas, CA;

American Megatrends Inc., Fremont,

CA; Amphenol, Hamden, CT; Analog

Devices, Newbury, United Kingdom;

Ancor Communications Inc., Eden

Prairie, MN; Auspex Systems, Santa

Clara, CA; Chip2Chip, San Jose, CA;

Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA; CMD

Technology, Inc., Irvine, CA; Compaq

Computer Corporation, Houston, TX;

Crossroads Systems, Inc., Austin, TX;

Dell Computer, Round Rock, TX;

Diancom, Inc., Cupertino, CA;

Distributed Processing Technology,

Maitland, FL; DotHill Systems Corp.,

Carlsbad, CA; Emulex Corporation,

Costa Mesa, CA; Essential—ODS

Networks, Albuquerque, NM; Fairchild

Semiconductor, South Portland, ME;

FCI Electronics, Inc., Contoocook, NH;

Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA;

Force Computers, Neublberg/Munchen,

Germany; Foxconn, Dillsburg, PA:

Fujitsu Computer Products of America,

Inc., San Jose, CA; Fujitsu Limited,

Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan; FujitsuSiemens Computers, Bracknell, Berks,

United Kingdom; Gadzoox Networks,

Inc., Placentia, CA; Hewlett-Packard

Company, Cupertino, CA; Hirose

Electric, Simi Valley, CA; Hitachi, Ltd.,

Ebina-shi, Japan; Honeywell

International, Richardson, TX; HotRail

Incorporated, San Jose, CA; IBM

Corporation, Research Triangle Park,

NC; INH Semiconductor, Cedar Park,

TX; Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR;

Interphase Corporation, Dallas, TX; IO

Authority, San Francisco, CA; JNI Corp.,

San Diego, CA; LSI Logic, Colorado

Springs, CO; Lucent Technologies Inc.,

Richardson, TX; Marathon Technologies

Corp., Boxborough, MA; McData

Corporation, Broomfield, CO; Mellanox

Technologies, Santa Clara, CA;

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA;

Molex Inc., Lisle, IL; Myricom, Inc.,

Arcadia, CA; NEC Corporation, Tokyo,

Japan; Network Appliance Inc.,

Sunnyvale, CA; Network Elements, Inc.,

Beaverton, OR; Nortel Networks,

Nepean, Ontario, Canada; Orca Systems,

Watertown, MA; PLX Technology, Inc.,

Sunnyvale, CA; Qlogic, Costa Mesa, CA;

Quantum, Milpitas, CA; Seagull

Semiconductor, Herzella, Israel; Silicon

Graphics, Mt. View, CA; Storage

Networks, Inc., Waltham, MA; Stratus

Computer Systems, Maynard, MA; Sun

Microsystems, Burlington, MA;

Syskonnect, Archern, Germany;

Tektronix, Beaverton, OR; Texas

Instruments, Dallas, TX; Tundra

Semiconductor Corporation, Kanata,

Ontario, Canada; Western Digital, San

Jose, CA; and Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA.

The nature and objectives of the venture

are to be a forum for the development

of specifications and related activities

that: (i) support the creation of

interoperable, scalable and reliable I/O

products, computer systems, and

computer technologies; (ii) are based on

a channel-oriented, switched fabric

communication technique that

addresses the needs of a broad range of

computer systems and computer

technologies (including, but not limited

to, both low-cost, volume-oriented

computer systems and computer

technologies and high-end enterprise

class computer systems and computer

technologies); and (iii) are limited to

those elements required to enable,

promote, or improve communications,

interoperability, and connectivity

between products developed in

compliance with the specifications.

InfiniBand’s specific purpose includes

promoting its specifications as industrywide standards; issuing design

guidelines and programming guidelines

relating to its specifications; presenting

activities that promote the use of the

specifications; and providing for the

licensing or publication of the

specifications on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms. InfiniBand’s

specifications may include information

directing specific implementations only

as necessary to enable, promote and/or

improve communications,

interoperability, and connectivity

between products developed in

compliance with the specifications.

In furtherance of the above stated

specific purpose, InfiniBand may,

among other things, engage in

theoretical analysis; experimentation;

systematic study; research;

development; testing; the extension of

investigative findings or theory of a

scientific or technical nature into

practical application; the collection,

exchange and analysis of research or

production information; and any

combination of the foregoing.

Constance K. Robinson,

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 ATM Forum

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 10, 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’’), The

ATM Forum 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, Ellacoya Networks, Inc.,

Merrimack, NH; NorthPoint

Communications, San Frncisco, CA;

Calix Networks, Petaluma, CA; Jetstream

Communications, Inc., Los Gatos, CA;

Onex Communications Corporation,

Bedford, MA; Oresis Communications,

Inc., Portland, OR; and Westwave

Communications, Santa Rosa, CA have

been added as parties to this venture.

The following members have changed

their names: Omnia Communications,

Inc. to Ciena Corporation, Marlboro,

MA; Future Communications Software

to Future Software Private Ltd.,

Nandanam, Madras, India; Mitel

Corporation to Mitel Semiconductor,

Kanata, Ontario, Canada; Broadband

Technologies, Inc. to Pliant Systems

Inc., Durham, NC; Telefonica I+D to

Telefonica de Espana, Madrid, Spain.

Also, the following four auditing

members have upgraded to principal

members: ADTRAN, Inc., Huntsville,

AL; Altera Corporation, High Wycombe,

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom;

ANDA Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA;

and Efficient Networks, Dallas, TX.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group research project.

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Membership in this group research

project remains open, and The ATM

Forum intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On April 19, 1993, The ATM Forum

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 2, 1993 (58 FR

31415).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on October 12, 1999. A

notice has not yet been published in the

Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,

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—Center for Waste

Reduction Technologies (‘‘CWRT’’)

Sustainability Metrics Project

Notice is hereby given that, on

October 8, 1999, pursuant to section 6(a)

of the National Cooperative Research

and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Center for

Waste Reduction Technologies

(‘‘CWRT’’) has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) The

identities of the parties 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 are Center for Waste

Reduction Technologies, New York, NY;

America Institute of Chemical

Engineers, New York, NY; Arthur D.

Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA; Dow

Chemical Co., Midland, MI; Eastman

Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN; Eastman

Kodak Co., Rochester, NY; E.I. du Pont

de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE;

Merck & Company, Whitehouse Station,

NJ; Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing

Co., St. Paul, MN; Monsanto Company,

St. Louis, MO; Owens Corning Co.,

Toledo, OH; Rohm & Haas Co.,

Philadelphia, PA; and SmithKline

Beecham Corp., King of Prussia, PA.

The nature and objectives of the venture

are to develop a set of tangible metrics

to assess the economic and

environmental impact of business

operations. The metrics are intended to

allow the users to examine various

options of chemistry, process, product

and even product line to determine their

relative contributions to sustainability.

These metrics being developed by the

project will cover mass and energy

intensity, pollutants dispersion and the

use of water, renewables and

recyclables.

Constance K. Robinson,

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—CommerceNet

Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

October 14, 1999, pursuant to section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

CommerceNet Consortium, Inc. (the

‘‘Consortium’’) 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, BT Squared Technologies,

Inc. has changed its name to

2order.com, Atlanta, GA. Also,

Aventura Systems ASA, Oslo, Norway

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

CommerceNet Consortium, Inc. intends

to file additional written notification

disclosing all changes in membership.

On June 13, 1994, CommerceNet

Consortium, 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 August 31, 1994 (59 FR 45012).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on September 23, 1999.

A notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the

Act on December 2, 1999 (64 FR 67588).

Constance K. Robinson,

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—Gas Utilization Research

Forum (‘‘GURF’’)

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 4, 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’’), Gas

Utilization Research Forum (‘‘GURF’’)

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, SBM Offshore Systems,

Monaco, Cedex, FRANCE has been

added 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 Gas

Utilization Research Forum (‘‘GURF’’)

intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On December 19, 1990, Gas

Utilization Research Forum (‘‘GURF’’)

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 January 16, 1991 (56

FR 1655).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on November 16, 1999.

A notice has not yet been published in

the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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