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

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Federal RegisterMar 10, 2021
86 Fed. Reg. 13751 (Mar. 10, 2021)

Notice is hereby given that, on February 18, 2021, 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, Marubun/Arrow (HK) Limited, Hong Kong, HONG KONG SAR; Seiko Epson Corporation, Nagano-Ken, JAPAN; Continental Automotive GmbH, Wetzlar, GERMANY; and Storewell Media Manufacturing Ltd., Taoyuan City, TAIWAN, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 October 14, 2020. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 19, 2020 (85 FR 73749).

Suzanne Morris,

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2021-04974 Filed 3-9-21; 8:45 am]

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