[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 25294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10464]


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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 10, 2010, 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, Chongqing Xugang Electronic Co., Ltd., Jiangbei, 
Chongqing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Huizhou Aihua Multimedia Co., 
Ltd., Huizhou, Guangdong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; digiCon AG, 
Kornwestheim, GERMANY; Mimeos V0F, Baarlo Noord Limburg, THE 
NETHERLANDS; MIT Technology Co., Ltd., Dongguan, Guangdong, PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA; ShenZhen Sea Star Technology Co., Ltd., Longhua 
Town, Baoan, Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and Yuban & Co., 
Nan-Kang, Taipei, TAIWAN, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, ATI Technologies, Inc., Unionville, Ontario, CANADA; Axiom 
Technologies Mfg Pte Ltd., Singapore, SINGAPORE; DOCdata media b.v., 
Tilburg, THE NETHERLANDS; Mattel Inc., El Segundo, CA; nVidia 
Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; OPT Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Seagate 
Technology LLC, Longmont, CO; Tonic Electronics Limited, Kowloon, HONG 
KONG-CHINA; and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN, have withdrawn 
as parties to this venture. In addition, Mediachain Co., Ltd. has 
changed its name to SD RAY Co., Ltd., Hwasung-Si, Kyounggi-do, REPUBLIC 
OF KOREA.
    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 December 3, 
2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 19, 2010 (75 FR 2890).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-10464 Filed 5-6-10; 8:45 am]
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