[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 56587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22450]


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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 (``DVD CCA'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 10, 2002, 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 status. 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, Amoisonic Electronics Co., Ltd., Xiamen, PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Anam Electronics Co., Ltd., Ansan-City, Kyungki-Do, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Aralion Inc., Songpa-Gu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; 
Datapulse Technology Limited, Singapore, SINGAPORE; Digital & Digital, 
Inc., Gangnam-gu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Hanbit System Co., Ltd., 
Kwangmyong-city, Kyonggi-Do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Jeil Records Company 
Limited, Hwangju-Si, Kyoungki-Do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; JVC Lite-On IT 
Manufacture and Sales, Limited, Hong Kong, HONG KONG--CHINA; Kenlex 
Industrial Limited, Kowloon, HONG KONG--CHINA; Link Concept Technology 
Ltd., Kowloon, HONG KONG--CHINA; Lite-On IT Corp., Hsinchu, TAIWAN; 
Macro Image Technology, Inc., Songpa-gu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; 
Musion Co., Ltd., Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; National 
Semiconductor Corporation, Fremont, CA; Nova Electronic Co., Ltd., 
Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Pozzoli Spa, Inzago, Milan, 
ITALY; Prochips Technology, Kuro-Gu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Rohm 
Co., Ltd., Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, JAPAN; Sanshin Electronics Co., Ltd., 
Minato-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN; Shinwa Industries (China) Ltd., Huizhou City, 
Guang Dong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and Yuan High-Tech Development 
Co., Taipei, TAIWAN have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, A&R Cambridge Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UNITED 
KINGDOM; AD Device Corporation, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JAPAN; AniMeta 
Systems, Inc., Taipei, TAIWAN; Duplico 2000, S.L., Rubi, Barcelona, 
SPAIN; Eltech Electronics Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, Singapore, SINGAPORE; 
Iavix Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; Iomega Corporation, Roy, 
UT; Kanematsu Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Linux Technology, Ltd., 
Taipei, TAIWAN; Lite-On Technology Corp., Taipei, TAIWAN; MRT 
Technology, City of Industry, CA; NewSoft Technology Corp., Taipei, 
TAIWAN; nReady Netware Limited, Quarry Bay, HONG KONG--CHINA; Princo 
Corporation, Hsin-Chu, TAIWAN; ShenZhen WED Development Co., Ltd., 
Shenzhen, Guangdong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; SM Summit Holdings 
Limited, Singapore, SINGAPORE; Societe Nouvelle Areacem (S.N.A.), 
Tourouvre, FRANCE; Unidisc Technology Co., Ltd., HsinTien City, Taipei 
Hsien, TAIWAN; Videon Central, Inc., State College, PA; and Zenix 
Electronics Limited, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, HONG KONG--CHINA have been 
dropped 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 Copy Control Association (``DVD 
CCA'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing all 
changes in membership.
    On April 11, 2001, DVD Copy Control Association (``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 April 12, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 29, 2002 (67 FR 37440).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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