[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 41281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15459]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 10, 2004, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Globus Consortium, 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 Globus Consortium, Inc., Glen Ellyn, IL; Sun 
Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; and Nortel Networks Limited, 
Brampton, Ontario, CANADA. The nature and objectives of the venture are 
to advance the promotion of, provide support for, and encourage 
participation in, research, development, education, technical support 
and standardization for a collection of software development tools used 
to create infrastructure for grid computing commonly known as the 
``Globus Toolkit,'' which provides enabling technology for grid 
computing.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-15459 Filed 7-7-04; 8:45 am]
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