[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 218 (Wednesday, November 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64124-64125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28284]


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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 October 8, 2003, 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, Accesstek, Inc., 
Hsinchu, TAIWAN; Advanced Media Technology Co., Ltd., Seongnam-City, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Boston Acoustics, Inc., Peabody, MA; Broadcom 
Corporation, Irvine, CA; Feng Sheng Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, 
TAIWAN; Guangdong Kwanloon Electronics and Technology Co., Ltd., 
Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Hanbit System Co., Ltd., Kyonggi-
do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Harvests Multimedia Pte Ltd., Singapore, 
SINGAPORE; ims international media service spa, Varese, ITALY; Jiangsu 
Syber Electronic Co., Ltd., Zhenjiang, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Kent 
Worldco., Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; Media Mastering Services, LLC., Brea, 
CA; Media Solutions, Paris, FRANCE; New York Nickel LLC, Bohemia, NY; 
Nexphil Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; OPT 
Corporation, Nagano-ken, JAPAN; PitsExpert Technology Co., Ltd., 
Taipei, TAIWAN; PrediWave Corporation, Fremont, CA; Primare Systems AB, 
Vaxjo, SWEDEN; Shenzhen Contel Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., 
Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; SOHO Tech Village, Ltd., 
Eastlake, OH; and Techsan I&C Co., Pyeongtaek-Si, REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Aralion Inc., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Cyrus Electronics 
Ltd., Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM; E&S Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; EMI Operations Italy S.p.A., Caronno Pertusella, 
ITALY; Electric Switch Limited, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Infineon 
Technologies Corporation, San Jose, CA; Macro Image Technology, Inc., 
Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Songpagu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; 
MicroPious Co., Ltd., Pyeongtaek-Si, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Musion Co., 
Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Nakamichi Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; 
Prochips Technology, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; and UP Technology, 
Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA have dropped as parties to this venture. In 
addition, Delux Video has changed its name to Deluxe Media Services, 
Inc., Vernon Hills, IL; Dongguan Albatronics (Far East) Electronics 
Co., Ltd. has changed its name to Dongguan Great Vision Technology 
Ltd., Guangdong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and Shenzhen Landel 
Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. has changed its name to Shenzhen 
Contel Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA.
    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 notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 11, 2001, DVD CCA filed its original notification pursuant 
to Section

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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 July 2, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 4, 2003 (68 FR 45854).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-28284 Filed 11-10-03; 8:45 am]
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