[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 28093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12817]


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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 May 25, 2017, 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, AutoChips Inc., Hefei, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, has 
been added as a party to this venture.
    Also, DongGuan Evervictory Electronic Co., Ltd., DongGuan City, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; NXP B.V., Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS; 
Samwin Hong Kong Limited, Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; and Smart 
Electronics Manufacturing Service Philippine, City of Calamba, 
PHILIPPINES, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 February 24, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 27, 2017 (82 FR 15239).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-12817 Filed 6-19-17; 8:45 am]
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