[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 160 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 47151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18042]


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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 2, 2021, 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, Hagiwara America, Inc., Livonia, MI; Hagiwara Electric 
Europe GmbH, Dusseldorf, GERMANY; Singapore Hagiwara Pte., Ltd., East 
Singapore, SINGAPORE; Hagiwara Electric (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Bangkok, 
THAILAND; and Hagiwara (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Sanshin Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Sanshin 
Electronics (HK) Co., Ltd., Kowloon, Hong Kong, HONG KONG SAR; and 
Vtrek Electronics Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 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CHINA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 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 18, 
2021. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 10, 2021 (86 FR 13751).

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-18042 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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