Software Productivity Consortium; Change in Membership
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BILLING CODE 4410-01-M Software Productivity Consortium; Change in Membership Notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984, Pub. L. No. 98-462 (“the Act”), Software Productivity Consortium has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing a change in the membership of the Software Productivity Consortium by the addition of Allied Corporation and Grumman Aerospace Corporation. The additional notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the protections of 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 Software Productivity Consortium and its general areas of planned activities are given below.
Software Productivity Consortium, with the addition of Allied Corporation and Grumman Aerospace Corporation, consists of the following firms: Allied Corporation; The Boeing Company; Esystems, Inc.; Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation; General Dynamics Corporation; Grumman Aerospace Corporation; GTE Government Systems Corporation; Lockheed Missiles and Space Company;
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Federal Register / Vol. 50, No. 98 / Tuesday, M ay 21, 1985 / Notices 20955 McDonnell Douglas Corporation; Northrop Corporation; Rockwell International; Science Applications International Corporation; TRW Inc.; United Technologies Corporation; and Vitro Corporation. The purpose of the current effort is jointly to explore the possible nature and structure for a joint venture to conduct research and development in the area of advanced technology relating to computer software tools and techniques. At the conclusion of the organizational phase, a final proposal will be prepared and submitted to the parties and other companies, who will then decide whether or not to participate in the purposed venture. For the present, participation in the exploratory activities creates no obligation on any of the parties to enter into the proposed joint venture, and each of the parties has the discretion to terminate its participation at any time, without further obligation to other parties, loseph H. Widmar, Director of Operations Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 85-12216 Filed 5-20-85; 8:45 am]