[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 18769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3493]


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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 March 16, 2006, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 301 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, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Taipei, Taiwan; DongGuan 
Evervictory Electronic Co., Ltd., DongGuan City, People's Republic of 
China; Duplium Corporation, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada; Exatel Visual 
Systems Ltd., Rehovot, Israel; General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI; 
Gowell Electronic Limited, Guang Dong, People's Republic of China; Hon 
Hai Precision Industry, Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Horizon 
Semiconductors Ltd., Herzliya, Israel; Metta Technology, San Jose, CA; 
Netflix Inc., Los Gatos, CA; Replimaster LTD Corporation, Moscow, 
Russia; Shenzhen MTC Multimedia Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic 
of China; Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd., Sichuan, People's 
Republic of China; Unicorn Information System Co., Ltd., Seoul, 
Republic of Korea; X-Protect Technology GmbH, Bochum, Germany; and 
Zhongshan Worthy Electronics Industry Co., Ltd., Guangdong, People's 
Republic of China have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, ALi Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan; Bontec Co., Ltd., Seoul, 
Republic of Korea; Enlight Corporation, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Genesis 
Microchip Inc., Alviso, CA; and Mitac International Corp., Hsinchu, 
Taiwan have withdrawn as parties to this venture. In addition, Sea Star 
Industry Co., Ltd. has changed its name to ShenZhen Sea Star Technology 
Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
    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 December 16, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 18, 2006 (71 FR 2960).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-3493 Filed 4-11-06; 8:45 am]
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