[Federal Register: December 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 250)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Microelectronics and Computer Technology 
Corporation

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 28, 1998, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Microelectronics and 
Compute Technology Corporation has filed written notification 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Raytheon Company, 
Lexington, MA; Science Applications International Corporation 
(``SAIC''), La Jolla, CA; NASA-Ames, Moffett Field, CA; Lockheed 
Martin, Orlando, FL; Eastman Kodak, Rochester, FL; Hughes Research Lab, 
(HRL, L.L.C.), Malibu, CA; and Nortel, Ottowa, CANADA have been added 
as parties to this venture. Also, Hughes Aircraft Company and Bell 
Communications Research (``Bellcore'') have been dropped as parties to 
this venture.
    The Hughes Aircraft Company share in MCC has been transferred to 
Raytheon Company, effective on June 11, 1998. The Bell Communications 
Research (``Bellcore'') share in MCC was transferred to Science 
Applications International Corporation (``SAIC'') effective on June 18, 
1998. NASA-Ames has joined the Quest Project and the Object 
Infrastructure Project. Lockheed has joined the Object Infrastructure 
Project, Year 2. Eastman Kodak has joined the Low Cost Portables 
Project; HRL, L.L.C. has joined the LCP Project. Raytheon Company has 
joined the SSEP Project and Nortel has joined the Virtual Prototyping 
(ProReal) Project.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Microelectronics and Computer 
Technology Corporation intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On December 21, 1984, Microelectronics and Computer Technology 
Corporation filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of 
the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal 
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on January 17, 1985 (50 FR 
2633).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 18, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34642 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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