[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 52031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19363]



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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 23, 2004, 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, BK DGTEC Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Digeo 
Interactive, LLC, Palo Alto, CA; Eizano Nanao Corporation, Ishikawa, 
Japan; and Molino Networks, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA have been added as 
parties to this venture. Also, Aplus Technics Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsian, 
Taiwan; Aralion Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Argus Electronics Co., 
Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan; Concord Disc Manufacturing Corp., Anaheim, CA; 
Dai Hwa Industrial Co., Ltd., Chungli, Taiwan; Escient Technologies, 
LLC, Indianapolis, IN; Force NO A/S, Oslo, Norway; Guangdong Kwanloon 
Electronics and Technology, Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of 
China; HERTZ Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Hirel Co., Ltd., 
Tokyo, Japan; Musion Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Oak 
Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Pony Canyon Enterprise Inc., Tokyo, 
Japan; Prochips Technology Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Pro-Tech 
Industries Corp., Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; Ritek Corporation, 
HsinChu Industrial Park, Taiwan; SANYO Laser Products, Inc., Richmond, 
IN; Soft4D Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; and WEA Manufacturing 
Inc., Olyphant, PA 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 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 6(1) 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, 
2004. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal 
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on August 6, 2004 (69 FR 
47959).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-19363 Filed 8-23-04; 8:45 am]
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