[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 96 (Friday, May 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 28508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10842]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--OpenSAF Foundation

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 8, 2008, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. et seq. (``the Act''), OpenSAF Foundation 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: Wind River Systems, Alameda, CA; Hewlett-Packard 
Company, Palo Alto, CA; Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing, 
Tempe, AZ; Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Ericsson AB, 
Alvsjo, Sweden; and Nokia Siemens Networks, Espoo, Finland. The general 
area of OpenSAF Foundation's planned activity are to enable and 
facilitate the creation of high availability vendor-neutral open source 
software tools (the ``Foundation Software'') generally consistent with 
SA Forum specifications and to disseminate, promote and encourage the 
use of the Foundation Software worldwide to ensure broad adoption. 
OpenSAF Foundation will pursue these purposes through additional 
activities such as providing for testing and conformity assessment of 
Foundation Software; the creation and ownership of distinctive 
trademarks; and the operation of a branding program based upon 
distinctive trademarks to create high customer awareness of, demand 
for, and confidence in products incorporating or interoperable with 
Foundation Software and/or Specifications. OpenSAF Foundation may also 
create specifications where they are not available from other sources 
and undertake those other activities which its Board may from time to 
time approve in connection with the foregoing.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-10842 Filed 5-15-08; 8:45 am]
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