[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 41257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6359]


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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 June 22, 2006, 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, BeyondWiz Co., Ltd., Seongnam, Republic of Korea; CD 
Video Manufacturing, Inc., Santa Ana, CA; Hong Kong KONKA Ltd., Hong 
Kong, Hong Kong-China; Kawai Musical Instruments Mfg. Co., Ltd., 
Shizuoka, Japan; Shenzhen Mizuda AV Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's 
Republic of China; Teltron S.A.,Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Toyo 
Recording Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan have been added as parties to this 
venture.
    Also, CIS Technology, Inc., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; and Encentrus 
Systems Inc., Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada have withdrawn as parties 
to this venture. In addition, Favor Digital Technology Co., Ltd. has 
changed its name to Major Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Jiang Xi, 
People's Republic of China.
    No other changes have been made to 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 March 16, 
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 12, 2006 (71 FR 18769).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6359 Filed 7-19-06; 8:45 am]
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