[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 17095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7072]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cellco Partnership D/B/A Verizon Wireless, 
Comcast Cable Communications, LCC, Time Warner Cable LLC, and Bright 
House Networks, LLC

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 24, 2012, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Cellco Partnership d/b/a 
Verizon Wireless, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Time Warner Cable 
LLC, and Bright House Networks, LLC (``Cellco'', ``Comcast'', ``Time 
Warner'', and ``Bright House'') have filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture 
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 
to the venture are: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Basking 
Ridge, NJ; Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA; Time 
Warner Cable LLC, New York, NY; and Bright House Networks, LLC, 
Syracuse, NY. The general area of Cellco, Comcast, Time Warner, and 
Bright House's planned activity is the research and development of 
technology and intellectual property relating to enhanced integration 
of wireline and wireless products, services, and devices.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-7072 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am]
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