95-12872. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Joint Development Venture Called ``Versit''

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27787]
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[FR Doc No: 95-12872]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Joint Development Venture Called ``Versit''

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 26, 1995, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.  (``the Act''), a Joint Development 
Venture called ``versit'' has filed written notifications on behalf of 
Siemens Rolm Communications Inc.; AT&T Corp.; International Business 
Machines Corporation; and Apple Computer, Inc., 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 to the venture are: Siemens 
Rolm Communications Inc., Santa Clara, CA; AT&T Corp., Basking Ridge, 
NJ; International Business Machines Corporation, Somers, NY; and Apple 
Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA.
    The Joint Development Venture called ``versit'' was formed pursuant 
to an Agreement effective on November 21, 1994. The venture's 
objectives are to define, develop and promote open specifications that 
will enable interoperability among diverse and competing communications 
and computing products and network services and to make such 
specifications available to all interested parties.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-12872 Filed 5-24-95; 8:45 am]
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