[Federal Register: December 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 241)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Alliance for Telecommunications Industry 
Solutions

    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''), Alliance for 
Telecommunications Industry Solutions (``ATIS'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of

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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: Alliance for 
Telecommunications Industry Solutions, Washington, DC. The nature and 
scope of ARIS' standards development activities are: To develop and 
promote technical and operations standards for the communications and 
related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, 
flexible and open approach.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27538 Filed 12-15-04; 8:45 am]

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