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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Bell Communications Research, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 9, 1994, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Bell Communications Research, 
Inc. (``Bellcore'') has filed written notifications on behalf of 
Bellcore and American Telephone and Telegraph Company (``AT&T''); 
Rockwell International Corporation (``Rockwell''); Southwestern Bell 
Technology Resources, Inc. (``TRI''); Tektronix, Inc. (``Tektronix''); 
and Washington University in St. Louis (``WUSTL'') 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 Bellcore, Livingston, NJ; 
AT&T, Breinigsville, PA; Rockwell, Newbury Park, CA; TRI, St. Louis, 
MO; Tektronix, Beaverton, OR; and WUSTL, St. Louis, MO. Bellcore, AT&T, 
Rockwell, TRI, Tektronix, and WUSTL entered into Articles of 
Collaboration effective as of April 7, 1994, establishing a consortium 
to engage in a collaborative research effort of limited duration in 
order to gain further knowledge and understanding in the area of SONET/
ATM self-healing ring technology and to better understand the 
applications of such technology for telecommunications networks, 
particularly exchange and exchange access service networks.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-15912 Filed 6-29-94; 8:45 am]
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