[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9426]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3626]


Silicon Graphics, Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

agency: Federal Trade Commission.

action: Consent Order.

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summary: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order, among other things, permits the California-based 
corporation to acquire two entertainment graphics software firms, and 
requires the respondent to take certain steps, such as requiring that 
the respondent enter into a Commission-approved porting agreement with 
a Commission-approved porting partner in order to ensure that other 
companies that develop and sell entertainment graphics software and 
hardware can compete.

dates: Complaint and Order issued November 14, 1995.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
statements by Commissioners Azcuenaga and Starek are available from 
the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.

for further information contact: Howard Morse, FTC/S-3627, Washington, 
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D.C. 20580. (202) 326-6320.

supplementary information: On Wednesday, July 5, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 35032, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Silicon Graphics, Inc., for 
the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were given 
sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or objections 
regarding the proposed form of the order.
    Comments were filed and considered by the Commission. The 
Commission has ordered the issuance of the complaint in the form 
contemplated by the agreement, made its jurisdictional findings and 
entered an order to cease and desist in disposition of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38 
Stat. 719, as amended; sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 
45, 18)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9426 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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