[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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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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