[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33233-33234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15604]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--SmartOffice Industry Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 31, 1995, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), SmartOffice Industry Consortium 
(the ``Joint Venture'') 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 to the Joint Venture are: 
Advanced Peripherals Technologies, Inc., JAPAN; Canon Inc., JAPAN; 
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY; Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., JAPAN; 
Fujitsu Limited, JAPAN; IBM Japan Ltd., JAPAN; Integrated Systems, 
Inc., Monterey CA; International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, 
NY; Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY; Matsushita Electric 
Industrial Co., Ltd., JAPAN; Minolta Co., Ltd., JAPAN; Mita Industrial 
Co., Ltd., JAPAN; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, JAPAN; Murata 
Machinery, Ltd., JAPAN; Novell, Inc., Provo, UTAH; Ricoh Company, Ltd., 
JAPAN; Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., JAPAN; Sharp Corporation, JAPAN; and 
Toshiba Corporation, JAPAN.
    The objectives of the venture are to promote interoperability among 
devices, applications and services, across paper management, telephony, 
and computing domains; to support the goal of accessing information 
through interconnection of heterogeneous information appliances, 
independent of network and application providers, with a goal of 
perpetuating an exchange of information anytime, anywhere; and to 
[[Page 33234]] provide an open forum for discussion of topics related 
to its purpose.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-15604 Filed 6-26-95; 8:45 am]
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