[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-77]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--DVD Control Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 9, 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, City Brand International Limited, Kwun 
Tong, Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; and Crystal Ton 2 Ltd., Sofia, 
BULGARIA, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Argosy Research Inc., Hsinchu, TAIWAN; Bcom Electronics Inc., 
Taipei, TAIWAN; Commtech Technology Macao Commercial Offshore Ltd., 
Macau, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Ecom Inc., Tokyo, JAPAN; Gowell 
Electronic Limited, Guangdon, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Hong Kong ASA 
Multimedia Co., Ltd., Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; Hyo Seong Techno 
Corporation, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Klipsch Group, Inc., 
Indianapolis, IN; Linn Products Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, UNITED 
KINGDOM; MAE Diskettes SRL, Casoria, ITALY; MOD Systems Inc., Seattle, 
WA; NHK Media Technology (formerly known as NHK Technical Services), 
Tokyo, JAPAN; Optical Disc Solutions, Inc., Richmond, IN; Optical Disc 
Solutions SRL, Bucharest, ROMANIA; Ritek Corporation, Hsin Chu, TAIWAN; 
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; Skydigital Inc., Yongsan-gu, 
Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Skyworth (Group) Co., Ltd., Quarry Bay, HONG 
KONG-CHINA; The Refined Industry Co., Ltd., Shatin, HONG KONG-CHINA; 
and Vulcan Inc., Seattle, WA, have withdrawn as parties to this 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 August 31, 
2010. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 12, 2010 (75 FR 62569).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-77 Filed 1-7-11; 8:45 am]
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