98-18473. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Agreement To Establish a Common Computer Tape Storage Specification

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18473]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Agreement To Establish a Common Computer Tape 
Storage Specification

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 23, 1998, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Agreement to establish a 
common computer tape storage specification has 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 Hewlett-Packard Company (``HP''), Palo Alto, CA; 
International Business Machines Corporation (``IBM''), Armonk, NY; 
Seagate Technology, Inc. (``SEAGATE''), Scotts Valley, CA. The nature 
and objectives of the venture are to develop, produce and establish a 
common computer tape storage specification; to combine and integrate 
into this specification complementary intellectual property of each of 
the parties; to develop an appropriate third-party mechanism for 
licensing such intellectual property as part of a license to use the 
specification to all interested parties under terms and conditions 
conducive to establishing an open, widely followed industry 
specification; to promote the development, production and sale of next-
generation computer tape storage products compatible with this 
specification, thereby providing enhanced functionality afforded 
through the use of licensed intellectual property; and, through all of 
the foregoing, to enhance demand for next-generation computer tape 
storage products as alternatives to competing storage technologies.
    The parties will file additional written notifications disclosing 
all changes in membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-18473 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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