[Federal Register: August 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 158)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Multiservice Switching Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 28, 2003, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Multiservice Switching Forum 
(``MSF'') 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, Operax AB, Lulea, Sweden, 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 MSF intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 22, 1999, MSF 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 26, 1999 (64 FR 28519).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 6, 2003. 
A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act on June 30, 2003 (68 FR 38722).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-20826 Filed 8-14-03; 8:45 am]

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