[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 62569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25209]


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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 August 31, 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, FREEbox SAS, Paris, France; Hakuto Co., 
Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Loewe Opta GmbH, Kronach, Germany; Seiko Epson 
Corporation, Nagano-ken, Japan; Shenzhen Maxmade Technology Co., Ltd., 
Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China; and Toshiba Samsung 
Storage Technology Korea Corporation, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic 
of Korea, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, GP Industries Limited, Singapore, Singapore; Mikasa Shoji 
(HK) Corporation, Kowloon, Hong Kong-China; Mitsubishi Chemical 
Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Quantum Optical Laboratories (QOL), 
Vernouillet, France; Tecunion Electronics Technology Ltd., Futian 
District, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; and Yuan High-Tech 
Development Co., Taipei, Taiwan, have withdrawn as parties to this 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 7, 
2010. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 14, 2010 (75 FR 40851).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-25209 Filed 10-8-10; 8:45 am]
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