[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22757]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Spoken Dialogue Interfaces for Cars

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 14, 2003, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Spoken Dialogue Interfaces for 
Cars 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 Robert Bosch Corporation, 
Research and Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA; and Volkswagen of 
America Inc., Electronic Research Lab, Pala Alto, CA. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are to develop and demonstrate a next 
generation language dialog system for the convenient and safe operation 
of in-car devices and services.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22757 Filed 9-5-03; 8:45 am]
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