[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 63259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30161]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--New Productivity Initiative, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 4, 2001, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), New Productivity 
Initiative, 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 Platform Computing, Inc., 
Markham, Ontario, CANADA; and Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA. The 
nature and objectives of the venture are (a) to promote the development 
and adoption of open, accessible specifications and standards relating 
to Distributed Resource Management (DRM) tools (``Specifications''); 
(b) to promote such specifications and solutions worldwide to ensure 
the ability for application developers to create soft- and hard-real-
time applications for such technologies; to provide for testing and 
conformity assessment of implementations in order to ensure compliance 
with Specifications; (c) to create and own distinctive trademarks; (d) 
to operate a branding program based upon distinctive trademarks to 
create high customer awareness of, demand for, and confidence in 
products designed in compliance with Specifications; and (e) 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. 01-30161 Filed 12-4-01; 8:45 am]
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