[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26224]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--DVD Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 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 Forum 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: DVD Forum, 
Tokyo, Japan. The nature and scope of DVD Forum's standards development 
activities are: (a) To establish the single DVD Format for each of the 
DVD application products, including revisions, improvements and 
enhancements, that would be in the best interests of consumers and 
users; and (b) to encourage the broad acceptance of DVD Formats on a 
worldwide basis among members of the DVD Forum, related industries, and 
the public.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26224 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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