[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31908]


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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 November 29, 2016, 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, Foryou General Electronics Co., Ltd., 
Huizhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China; NXP B.V., Eindhoven, 
the Netherlands; Sanshin Electronics (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, 
Hong Kong-China; Sanshin Electronics Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Ultra 
Source Technology Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan; and Ziotech Corp., 
Chino, CA, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA; Compact Disc Technologies 
(Pty) Ltd., Gauten, South Africa; Condor CD S.L., Calatayud, Spain; and 
Shenzhen Chuangwei Electronic Appliance Tech Co., Shenzhen, 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Republic of China, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 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, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 13, 2016 (81 FR 70706).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-31908 Filed 1-3-17; 8:45 am]
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