[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69393-69394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26207]


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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 1, 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, AKI Digital 
Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; 
Bcom Electronics, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan,; Dahaam E-Tec Co., Ltd., Seoul, 
Republic of Korea; Dalian Golden Hualu Digital Technology Co., Ltd., 
Dalian, People's Republic of China; Dephi Technology Inc., Taipei 
Hsien, Taiwan; Disctronics Texas, Inc. dba DiscUSA, Plano, TX; GP 
Industries Limited, Singapore, Singapore; Hamg Shing Technology Corp., 
Chu Pei City, Taiwan; Hyo Seong Techno Corporation, Seoul, Republic of 
Korea; Jiangsu Hongtu High Technology Co.; Ltd. Nanjing, People's 
Republic of China; Malata Seeing & Hearing Equipment Co., Ltd., Fujian, 
People's Republic of China; Mikasa Shoji Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan; 
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan; Technew Electronic 
Engineering Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan; Vtrek Electronics Co., Ltd., 
Guangzhou City, People's Republic of China; and Watye Corporation, 
Taipei, Taiwan have been added as parties to this venture. Also, UL 
Tran Technology & Service, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan has been dropped as a 
party 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(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).

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    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 23, 
2004. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 24, 2004 (69 FR 52031).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26207 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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