[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 55258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25626]


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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 September 4, 2009, 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, China Hualu Group, Ltd., Dalian, People's 
Republic of China; JVC Kenwood Holdings, Inc., Kanagawa, Japan; and 
SIIX Corp., Osaka, Japan have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, A&A Stamper House, Inc., Baldwin Park, CA; Evatone, Inc., 
Clearwater, FL; Kat Digital Corp., Taipei, Taiwan; Kenwood Corporation, 
Tokyo, Japan; Polar Frog Digital, Scottsdale, AZ; Sea Star Technology 
(Hong Kong) Company Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; Shenzhen Sea Star 
Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; Soaring 
Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei-Hsien, Taiwan; Victor Company of Japan, 
Limited, Kanagawa, Japan; and Zentek Technology Japan, Inc., Tokyo, 
Japan have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 June 5, 
2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 15, 2009 (74 FR 34364).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-25626 Filed 10-26-09; 8:45 am]
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