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

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Federal RegisterSep 28, 2015
80 Fed. Reg. 58297 (Sep. 28, 2015)

Notice is hereby given that, on August 21, 2015, 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 Copy Control Association (“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 under specified circumstances. Specifically, Dongguan Digital AV Technology Corp., Ltd., Dongguan, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Socionext, Inc., Yokohama, JAPAN; and Taiwan Sanshin Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Centurion Corporation Limited, Singapore, SINGAPORE; Eastern Asia Technology Limited, Singapore, SINGAPORE; ETV Interactive Limited, Stirling, UNITED KINGDOM; Guandong Coagent Electronics S&T Co., Ltd., Guandong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Hyundai Media Co. Ltd., Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; JRC Co. Ltd., Kwangju-si, Kyoungki-Do, JAPAN; Kyoei Sangyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Moser Baer India Ltd., New Delhi, INDIA; Optical Experts Manufacturing, Inc., Charlotte, NC; Shenzhen Autone-Tronic Technology Co., Ltd., Baoan District, Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; and Yusan Industries, Ltd., Hong Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 May 6, 2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on June 3, 2015 (80 FR 31619).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2015-24527 Filed 9-25-15; 8:45 am]

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