[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 4918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-345]


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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 18, 2007, 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, 3A Media Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF 
KOREA; Ascent Media Group, LLC, Santa Monica, CA; Digital Networks 
North America, Inc., Cupertino, CA; and Ritek Corporation, Hsin chu, 
TAIWAN have been added as parties to this venture.
     Also, 2GeeksinaLab, Inc., Palmdale, CA; Conexant Systems, Inc., 
San Diego, CA; D-Link Systems, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA, DigiOn, Inc., 
Fukuoka, JAPAN; Dyntec Disc Production Co., Ltd., Nakhon Pathom, 
THAILAND; Futic Electronics Ltd., Chai Wan, HONG KONG-CHINA; Harbour 
Team Technologies Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Media 
READY, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL; OptiDisk Corporation, Anaheim, CA; 
OVK Optics Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; 
Shenzhen Mizuda AV Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and 
Zhongshan Worthy Electronics Industry 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REPUBLIC OF CHINA have withdrawn as parties to this venture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 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 
13, 2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on November 7, 2007 (72 FR 62865).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 08-345 Filed 1-25-08; 8:45 am]
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