[Federal Register: September 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 183)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Business Machines Corporation and 
the Santa Curz Operation, Inc. Cooperative Development

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 22, 1999, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), International Business 
Machines

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Corporation and The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. have 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 provision 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 International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, 
NY; and The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are to cooperatively develop and enhance UNIX 
operating systems designed to operate on the 32-bit and 64-bit Intel 
architecture platforms to enable innovative new open systems computer 
technologies and products more rapidly and efficiently than either 
party could achieve independently. Each party may market such jointly 
developed products.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-24610 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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