[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 16 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 3415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-318]


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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 19, 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, Blaupunkt GmbH, Hildesheim, GERMANY; 
Chinachip Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 
OF CHINA; Commtech Technology Macao Commercial Offshore Ltd., Macau, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Dailystar Technology Limited, Hong Kong, 
HONG KONG-CHINA; Dongguan SIMON Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdon, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Dvation Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF 
KOREA; GM Records Marek Grela, Warsaw, POLAND; Le Hong Po Company 
Limited, Hong Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; Optical Disc Solutions, Inc., 
Richmond, IN; Polar Frog Digital, Scottsdale, AZ; Protocall 
Technologies Incorporated, Commack, NY; Shenzhen Xing Feng Industry 
Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Skypine Electronics 
(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen City, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; VTV 
nv, West Vlaanderen, BELGIUM; and Yuban & Co., Taipei, TAIWAN have been 
added as parties to this venture. Also, Toshiba-EMI Limited, Tokyo, 
JAPAN; and Yuxing Electronics Company Limited, Tortola, BRITISH VIRGIN 
ISLANDS have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 notifications 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 
21, 2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 27, 2006 (71 FR 63035).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-318 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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