[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26182]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Seagate Technology, Inc., Advanced Research
Corporation, Imation Corp., and Peregrine Recording Technology, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on January 7, 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''), Seagate Technology, Inc.,
Advanced Research Corporation, Imation Corp., and Peregrine Recording
Technology, Inc., have 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 Seagate Technology, Inc.,
Santa Maria, CA; Advanced Research Corporation, Minneapolis, MN;
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN; and Peregrine Recording Technology, Inc.,
St. Paul, MN. The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop
technologies for a small, reliable, low cost, high-bandwidth, high-
capacity, fast access tape recorder and cartridge media.
The planned joint activity was begun under a joint research and
development venture entered into on September 15, 1995 between
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M), Seagate Tape
Technology, Inc., and Advanced Research Corporation (60 FR 62260).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26182 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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