[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21498-21499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11652]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Advanced Telecommunications Information
Distribution Research Consortium
Notice is hereby given that, on January 29, 1996, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Advanced
Telecommunications information Distribution Research Consortium
(``ATIRP Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade
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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
the United States of America, represented by U.S. Army Research
Laboratories (``ARL''), Adelphi, MD; Sanders, a Lockheed Martin
Company, Nashua, NH; Bell Communications Research, Inc., Morristown,
NJ; City University of New York, City College, New York, NY; University
of Delaware, Newark, DE; GTE Laboratories, Inc., Waltham, MA; Howard
University, Washington, DC; University of Maryland, College Park, MD;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Morgan State
University, Baltimore, MD; and Motorola, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ.
The nature of the ATIRP Consortium is to conduct research in the
area of telecommunications and information distribution for a limited
duration to gain further knowledge and understanding of emerging
technologies. Through its partnerships, the Consortium will forge
cooperative relationships with the customer community to develop
innovative ideas and applications for new telecommunications and
information distribution technologies.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-11652 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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