[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60369-60370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20676]


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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 September 19, 2005, 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. 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, Bontec Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of 
Korea; Cinea, Inc., Richmond, VA; C.K.C. Electronic Corp., Taipei 
Hsien, Taiwan; Clevo Co., Taipei, Taiwan; Compact Disc Technologies 
(Pty), Ltd., Gauteng, South Africa; Coretronic Corporation, Miao-Li 
County, Taiwan; DAT H.K. Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; D&M 
Holdings Inc., Tokyo, Japan; DVD Club, Ltd., Moscow, Russia; Kenson-
Optical, Ltd., Budapest, Hungary; KRCD India PVT, Ltd., Mumbai, India; 
Linpus Technologies, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan; Marubun/Arrow (HK) Limited, 
Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; Marubun Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Musical 
Electronics, Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; Shenzhen Jin Mei Wei 
Electron Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; TOMEN 
Electronics Corp., Tokyo, Japan; TOPAS Electronic GmbH, Hannover, 
Germany; Visteon Corporation, Van Buren, MI; and Zhongshan Dingcai AV 
Technology Co., Ltd., Zhongshan, People's Republic of China have been 
added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Denon, Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan; Evatone, Inc., Clearwater, FL; 
Marantz Japan, Inc., Kanagawa, Japan; and Ulead

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Systems, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan have withdrawn as parties to this 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(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 June 27, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 13, 2005 (70 FR 40399).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-20676 Filed 10-14-05; 8:45 am]
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