[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4410-11-M