21 January 2009

[Federal Register: January 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 12)]
[Notices]               
[Page 3640-3641]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--DVD Copy Control Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 5, 2008, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), DVD CCA (``DVD CCA'') has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 
The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages

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under specified circumstances. Specifically, Sound Technology (S.Z.) 
Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Vulcan Inc., Seattle, 
WA; Yusan Industries, Ltd., Hong Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; and Zentek 
Technology Japan, Inc., Tokyo, JAPAN have been added as parties to this 
venture.
    Also, AWIND, Inc., Taipei, TAIWAN; Bestguide Group Limited, 
Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; Clevo Co., Taipei, TAIWAN; Coretronic 
Corporation, Miao-Li, TAIWAN; Cosmic Digital Technology, Ltd., Hong 
Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; Daewoo Electronics Corporation, Seoul, REPUBLIC 
OF KOREA; Dahaam E-Tec Co., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Disctronics 
Texas, Inc. dba DiscUSA, Plano, TX; Ever Best Industrial (H.K.) 
Limited, Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; Giant Video Electronics Co., Ltd., 
Yueh Long, HONG KONG-CHINA; Hansong (Nanjing) Electronic Ltd., Nanjing, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Hing Lung Technology (HK) Company Limited, 
Hong Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; KRCD India PVT Ltd., Mumbai, INDIA; Leadtek 
Research, Inc., Taipei, TAIWAN; Link Concept Technology Ltd., Kowloon, 
HONG KONG-CHINA; Linpus Technologies, Inc., Taipei, TAIWAN; Major 
Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangxi, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; ODS 
Optical Disc Service GmbH, Dassow, GERMANY; Premium Disc Corp., 
Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA; Princeton Technology Corp., Taipei, 
TAIWAN; Prof ilo Telra Elektronic San. Ve Tic. A.S., Istanbul, TURKEY; 
SKC Co. Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Zhongshan Dingcai AV Technology 
Ltd., Zhongshan, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and Ziova Corporation Pty 
Ltd., Lonsdale, South Australia, AUSTRALIA have withdrawn as parties to 
this venture.
    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 DVD CCA intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 11, 2001, DVD CCA 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 
August 3, 2001 (66 FR 40727).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 
10, 2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 21, 2008 (73 FR 62541)

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E9-757 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am]

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