[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 126 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 40127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16467]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--AAF Association, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 28, 2000, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), AAF Association, 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 Avid Technology, Tewksbury, MA; British Broadcasting 
Corporation, Tadworth, Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM; CNN/Turner Broadcasting 
Systems, Atlanta, GA; Discreet Logic, Montreal, CANADA; Matrox, Quebec, 
CANADA; Microsoft Corporation, Playa Del Rey, CA; Sony Corporation, San 
Jose, CA; Pinnacle, Mountain View, CA; Quantel, Newbury, Berkshire, 
UNITED KINGDOM; U.S. National Imaging & Mapping Agency, Reston, VA; and 
4MC, Burbank, CA. The nature and objectives of the venture are to 
promote the development and adoption of open, accessible standards and 
specifications relating to file interchange formats, including 
initially the Advanced Authoring Format (collectively, the 
``Specifications''); to promote such Specifications worldwide; to 
provide for testing and conformity assessment of implementations in 
order to ensure compliance with Specifications; to create and own 
distinctive trademarks; if advisable, to operate a branding program to 
create high customer awareness of, demand for, and confidence in 
products designed in compliance with Specifications; and to undertake 
such other activities as may from time to time be appropriate to 
further the purposes and achieve the goals set forth above.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16467 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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