[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21234]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1933--ECC Development Program

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 27, 1997, pursuant to 
Sec. 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), ECC Development 
Program (the ``Program'') 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 recorder of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Pursuant to Sec. 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are: 
Cygnus Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA; Matsushita Electronics Corporation, 
Nagaokakyo, Kyoto 617, Japan; Toshiba Corporation, Kanagwa-ken 210, 
Japan; Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA.
    The ECC Development Program's area of planned activity is to 
develop and promote open standard technologies for embedded software. 
The ECC Development Program hopes to contribute to the growth of 
microncontrollers and industries that depend on microcontrollers. The 
ECC Development Program participants plan to engage in all necessary 
activities to accomplish the goal and objectives described above, 
including without limitation: (1) Developing and refining software 
specifications; (2) conducting cooperative research on and testing 
these specifications, (3) publishing and certifying these 
specifications; (4) disseminating these specifications to interested 
parties for their use in designing and producing compatible products; 
(5) developing publications and informational materials relating to the 
activities of this Program; and (6) engaging in other activities to 
promote the technology.
    Membership in the ECC Development Program will remain open and ECC 
will file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in 
membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-21234 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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