[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 2960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-443]


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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 December 16, 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, BenQ Corporation, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Coby 
Electronics Co., Ltd., Guangdong, People's Republic of China; Denso 
Corporation, Aichiken, Japan; Digitalway, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of 
Korea; DongGuan Qisheng Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd., Guangdong, 
People's Republic of China; ETV Interactive Limited, Stirling, United 
Kingdom; Evatone, Inc., Clearwater, FL; Express Way Limited, Hong Kong, 
Hong Kong-China; Hitachi High-Technologies Taiwan Corporation, Taipei, 
Taiwan; Intech Electronics (HK) Co, Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; 
Kestrelink Corp., Boise, ID; Marco System Digital Video AG, Wetter, 
Germany; Moser Baer India Ltd., New Delhi, India; Newsky Asia Limited, 
Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan; QiSheng 
International Limited, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; Radix 
Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Shanghai United Optical Disc Co., Ltd., 
Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Shenzhen Arlink Tech Corp., Ltd., 
Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; Shenzhen Junlan Electronic Ltd., 
Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; Shenzhen KXD Multi-Media Co., 
Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; Shenzhen Oriental Digital 
Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; Shenzhen 
Skywood Info-Tech Industries Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of 
China; Yuxing Electronics Company Limited, Tortola, British Virgin 
Islands; and Zhongshan Tomei Audio & Video Products Co., Ltd., 
Guangdong, People's Republic of China have been added as parties to 
this venture.
    Also, Cyrus Audio Limited, Huntingdon, United Kingdom; MIRAI Audio 
& Video Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Micro-Star Int'l Co., 
Ltd., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Nakamichi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; 
Schotten Glassmatersing -an der Heiden GmbH, Schotten, Germany; SOHO 
Tech Village, Ltd., Eastlake, OH; TAG McLaren Audio Limited, 
Huntingdon, United Kingdom; TBS Service, Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Tecnew 
Electronic Engineering Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan; and Zhongshan Kenloon 
Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong, People's Republic of China 
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 September 
19, 2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 17, 2005 (70 FR 60369).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-443 Filed 1-17-06; 8:45 am]
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