[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72428-72429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30792]


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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 (``DVD CCA'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 8, 2002, 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 (``DDV CCA'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, A&R Cambridge 
Limited, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom; Axiom Technologies Mfg Pte 
Ltd., Singapore, Singapore; BBK Electronics Corp., Ltd., Dongguan, 
Guangdong, People's Republic of China; Compal Electronics, Inc., Neihu, 
Taipei, Taiwan; Dongguan Albatronics (Far East) Electronics Co., Ltd., 
Dongguan, Gaungdong, People's Republic of China; Denon, Ltd., Kawasaki-
ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan; Duplico 2000, S.L., Barcelona, 
Spain; Hyundai Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Seongnam-Si, Kyoungki-do, 
Republic of Korea; Kaleidoscape, Inc., Los Altos, CA; L&M Optical Disc 
West, LLC, Valencia, CA; Marantz Japan, Inc., Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, 
Japan, Media Factory Inc., Fremont, CA; MicroPious Co., Ltd., Pyeong 
Taek City, GyeongGi-Do, Republic of Korea; NewSoft Technology 
Corporation, NanKang, Taipei, Taiwan; Optimal Media Production GmbH, 
Muritz, Germany; Ritek Corporation, Hsin-Chu Industrial Park, Taiwan; 
Roxio, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Shanghai HongSheng (Norcent) Technology 
Co., Ltd., Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Shenzhen 
Landel Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., Saige Zone, Shenzhen, People's 
Republic of China; SM Summit Holdings Limited, Singapore, Singapore; 
Societe Nouvelle Arceacem (S.N.A.), Tourouvre, France; Ya Bang 
Industrial Co. Ltd., DongGuan City, Guangdong, People's Republic of 
China; and Yuxing Electronics Company Limited, Xicheng District, 
Beijing, People's Republic of China have been added as parties to this 
venture.
    Also, Alcorn McBride Inc., Orlando, FL; Applied Research 
Corporation, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Concord Disc Manufacturing Corp., 
Anaheim, CA; Jeong Moon Information Co., Ltd., Kyeongki-Do, Republic of 
Korea; MARGI Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA; MGI Software Corp., Toronto, 
Ontario, Canada; Nakamichi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; OPT Corporation, 
Naganoken, Japan; Planet Optical Disk Limited FZE, Dubai, United Arab 
Emirates; Shenzhen Paragon Industries (formerly Shenzhen Sangda Baodian 
Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Guangdong, People's Republic of China; Shunde 
Xiongfeng Electric Industrial Company, Shunde City, Guangdong, People's 
Republic of China; and Tanway Electronic Factory, Guangzhou, People's 
Republic of China have been dropped 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 Copy Control Association (``DDV 
CCA'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing all 
changes in membership.
    On April 11, 2001, DVD Copy Control Association (``DDV 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 July 10, 
2002. A

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notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act on September 4, 2002 (67 FR 56587).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-30792 Filed 12-4-02; 8:45 am]
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