[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21289-21290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08518]


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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 6, 2014, 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, Hakuto Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Hitachi High--
Technologies Taiwan Corporation, Taipei, TAIWAN; Jiangsu Xinguanglian 
Technology Co., Ltd., Wuxi, Jiangsu, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Kyoei 
Sangyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; and Shinko Shoji Co., Ltd., Osaka, 
JAPAN, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Coby Electronics Co., Ltd., Foshan, Guangdon, PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Crystal Ton 2 Ltd., Sofia, BULGARIA; Digital 
Acoustic Corporation, Osaka, JAPAN; Duplium Corporation, Thornhill, 
Ontario, CANADA; Huawei Device Co., Ltd., Longgang District, Shenzhen, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Infodisc Technology Co., Ltd., Taoyuan, 
TAIWAN; Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BERMUDA; Marubun/Arrow(S) 
Pte Ltd., Singapore, SINGAPORE; Novatek Microelectronics Corp., 
Hsinchu, TAIWAN; Shenzhen Yidong Technology Co., Ltd., (Shenzhen E-Dong 
Technology Co., Ltd.), Futian District, Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA; and Skypine Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen City, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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

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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 30, 
2013. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 28, 2013 (78 FR 64248).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-08518 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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