[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 72429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30790]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Multi-Terabyte Tape Storage

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 29, 2002, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Multi-Terabyte Tape Storage 
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 Accutronics Inc., Littleton, CO; 
Advanced Research Corporation, Minneapolis, MN; Imation Corp., Oakdale, 
MN; Peregrine Recording Technology Inc., Woodbury, MN; and Read-Rite 
Corporation, Fremont, CA. The nature and objectives of the venture are 
to develop the technologies to increase the data density of existing 
magnetic tape data systems by a factor of 250 and lay the foundation 
for even greater densities in future systems, leading to cost 
reductions in data archiving and improving the competitive position of 
the U.S. data storage industry.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operation, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-30790 Filed 12-4-02; 8:45 am]
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