[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19743]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993; National Media Laboratory Strategic Alliance
Notice is hereby given that, on December 19, 1997, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the National Media
Laboratory Strategic Alliance 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
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (``3M''), St. Paul, MN;
Ceridian Corporation, acting through its Computing Devices
International Division, Bloomington, MN; Ampex Data Systems
Corporation, Redwood City, CA; Imation Corporation, Oakdale, MN; Lucent
Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ; Motorola, Schaumburg, IL. The name
of the venture is the ``National Media Laboratory Strategic Alliance'',
and was entered on November 4, 1997. The nature and objectives of the
venture are to perform research and development in the area of
information technologies and provide prototype solutions necessary to
support military and intelligence community requirements. Some of the
information technologies covered include high bandwidth information
communication, compression, computing displays, information processing,
records management, on-line interactive training, assisted target
recognition, multi-media databases, data architectures, storage media,
and storage devices.
Membership in the Consortium will remain open and the Consortium
will file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in
membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-19743 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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