[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29526]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Digital Imaging Group, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 25, 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''), the Digital Imaging 
Group, Inc. (``Consortium'') 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 Sec. 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are: 
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA; Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan; 
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY; Hewlett-Packard Company, San 
Diego, CA; IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY; Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, 
OR; Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
    Digital Imaging Group, Inc. was formed as a Delaware non-stock 
member corporation. The primary objective of the venture is to promote 
the growth of digital imaging by defining and publishing the 
``FlashPix'' format and Internet Digital Imaging Protocol, and other 
deliverables that the Board of Directors may direct from time to time, 
which will contribute to making digital images a pervasive data type in 
computers, across networks, and within communication devices of the 
future.
    Membership in the Consortium will remain open and the Consortium 
will file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in 
membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-29526 Filed 11-7-97; 8:45 am]
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