[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21498-21499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11652]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Advanced Telecommunications Information 
Distribution Research Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 29, 1996, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Advanced 
Telecommunications information Distribution Research Consortium 
(``ATIRP Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade

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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 
the United States of America, represented by U.S. Army Research 
Laboratories (``ARL''), Adelphi, MD; Sanders, a Lockheed Martin 
Company, Nashua, NH; Bell Communications Research, Inc., Morristown, 
NJ; City University of New York, City College, New York, NY; University 
of Delaware, Newark, DE; GTE Laboratories, Inc., Waltham, MA; Howard 
University, Washington, DC; University of Maryland, College Park, MD; 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Morgan State 
University, Baltimore, MD; and Motorola, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ.
    The nature of the ATIRP Consortium is to conduct research in the 
area of telecommunications and information distribution for a limited 
duration to gain further knowledge and understanding of emerging 
technologies. Through its partnerships, the Consortium will forge 
cooperative relationships with the customer community to develop 
innovative ideas and applications for new telecommunications and 
information distribution technologies.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-11652 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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