94-5594. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Bell Communications Research, Inc.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Bell Communications Research, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 25, 1994, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Bell Communications 
Research, Inc. (``Bellcore'') has filed written notifications on behalf 
of Bellcore and J. C. Penney Company (``JCPenney'') 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 Bellcore, Livingston, NJ; 
and JCPenney, Plano, TX. Bellcore and JCPenney entered into an 
agreement effective as of December 17, 1993, to engage in cooperative 
research related to technologies for accessing multimedia databases 
through an information infrastructure and for enabling electronic 
purchases through the information infrastructure to better understand 
the feasibility and application of these technologies for exchange and 
exchange access services, including experimental prototypes for the 
demonstration of such technologies.
Joseph H. Widmar,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-5594 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]
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