[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15306-15307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7176]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993 HDP User Group International, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 14, 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''), HDP User Group 
International, Inc., an Arizona non-profit corporation, has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) 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 Ruben Bergman, Alvsjo, Sweden; Advanced Micro Devices, 
Sunnyvale, CA; Alcatel, Aventom, Belgium; Digital Equipment Corp., 
Maynard, MA; Ericsson Telecom AB, Stockholm, Sweden; International 
Business Machines, Hopewell Junction, NY; Nokia, Espoo, Finland; and 
Northern Telecom, Ltd., Kanata, Ottawa, Canada.
    The HDP User Group International, Inc. Began in August, 1990, as an 
informal group of companies from Europe and North America whose goal 
was to influence the development of standard component assembly, and 
interconnect technologies required for dense electronic and opt-
electronic systems, or High Density Packaging. HDP began operating 
under the VMEbus International Trade Association in 1993, operating as 
a user group with representatives from within the industry. 
Subsequently, HDP separated from VMEbus and on June 15, 1994, HDP 
incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of 
Arizona. HDP supports, in concept, open packaging technologies as 
opposed to proprietary packaging technologies.
    The general areas of planned activity are as follows: (a) 
Collecting the requirements for End Users and the Industry; (b) 
collecting the requirements of Users for pre-defined application 
profiles, based upon supplier opportunities; (c) defining preferred 
concepts of packaging with Suppliers [[Page 15307]] and their 
organizations; and (d) working with Suppliers and their organizations 
aimed at promoting preferred concepts to develop industry standards.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-7176 Filed 3-22-95; 8:45 am]
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