[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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