[Federal Register: March 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 57)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Flexible Display Center at Arizona State 
University

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 3, 2005, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Flexible Display Center at 
Arizona State University (``Center'') has 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: Abbie Gregg, Inc., Tempe, AZ; Arizona State 
University, Tempe, AZ; E Ink Corporation, Cambridge, MA; Kent Display 
Systems, Inc., Kent, OH; EV Group, Tempe, AZ; Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ; 
Ito America, Tokyo, JAPAN; Corning, Corning NY; Universal Display 
Corporation, Ewing, NJ; and US Display Consotrium, San Jose, CA.
    The general area of Center's planned activity are: (a) To establish 
a Center at Arizona State University to foster the development of 
leading-edge flexible display technology research, development and 
technology demonstrator manufacturing; (b) to strategically deploy 
focused intellectual, physical, financial and management

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resources to dramatically accelerate advances in full color flexible 
display technology for commercial purposes; (c) to catalyze the growth 
of a vibrant flexible display industry; (d) to spearhead the effort of 
the U.S. Army to provide the war fighter with ubiquitous conformal and 
flexible displays that are lightweight, rugged, low power, and low 
cost, and which will significantly enhance a soldier's situational and 
operational effectiveness; and (e) to undertake such other activities 
as may from time to time be appropriate to further the purposes and 
achieve the goals set forth above. The parties intend to share 
intellectual property that is contributed and any intellectual property 
that is developed through the Center among themselves and the Center in 
accordance with the Participation Agreement among the parties.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-5885 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]

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