[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6389-6390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3677]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; MIPS ABI Group, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 8, 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''), MIPS ABI Group, Inc. 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: Concurrent Computers, 
Oceanport, NJ; Control Data Systems, Inc., Arden

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Hills, MN; Dansk Elektronik, Herlev, DENMARK; NEC Systems Laboratory, 
Inc., San Jose, CA; Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA; Siemens 
Nixdorf Informationssystems AG, Munich, GERMANY, Sony Microsystems, 
Fujisawa, JAPAN; and Tandem Computers, Cupertino, CA.
    The nature and objectives of this joint venture are developing, 
adopting, establishing, maintaining, publishing, promoting and 
endorsing UNIX SVR 4 ABI standards (i.e. conformance specifications) 
for MIPS processor-based systems and to provide under appropriate 
transfer means (e.g. license, lease or sale), ABI specifications and 
other intellectual property to industry participants, including labs, 
universities and consultants.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-3677 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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