[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23781]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Blu-Ray Disc Founders

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 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''), Blu-ray Disc Founders 
(``BDF'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and principal place of business of the standards development 
organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development 
activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking 
the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Blu-ray Disc 
Founders, Tokyo, Japan. The nature and scope of BDF's standards 
development activities are: (1) To establish the Blu-ray Disc Format 
for each application, as well as revisions, improvements and extensions 
of such Blu-ray Disc Format; (2) to organize activities to verify the 
compliance with the Blu-ray Disc Format and enable the broad acceptance 
of the Blu-ray Disc Format; (3) to promote the Blu-ray Disc Format as 
the format for recording, playback, storage and distribution of large 
volume content, including high definition content; and (4) to license 
the Blu-ray Disc Format and the Blu-ray Disc Logo.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23781 Filed 10-22-04; 8:45 am]
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