17 April 2006
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[Federal Register: April 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 70)]
[Notices]
[Page 18769]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 16, 2006, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 301 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, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Taipei, Taiwan; DongGuan
Evervictory Electronic Co., Ltd., DongGuan City, People's Republic of
China; Duplium Corporation, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada; Exatel Visual
Systems Ltd., Rehovot, Israel; General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI;
Gowell Electronic Limited, Guang Dong, People's Republic of China; Hon
Hai Precision Industry, Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Horizon
Semiconductors Ltd., Herzliya, Israel; Metta Technology, San Jose, CA;
Netflix Inc., Los Gatos, CA; Replimaster LTD Corporation, Moscow,
Russia; Shenzhen MTC Multimedia Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic
of China; Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd., Sichuan, People's
Republic of China; Unicorn Information System Co., Ltd., Seoul,
Republic of Korea; X-Protect Technology GmbH, Bochum, Germany; and
Zhongshan Worthy Electronics Industry Co., Ltd., Guangdong, People's
Republic of China have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, ALi Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan; Bontec Co., Ltd., Seoul,
Republic of Korea; Enlight Corporation, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Genesis
Microchip Inc., Alviso, CA; and Mitac International Corp., Hsinchu,
Taiwan have withdrawn as parties to this venture. In addition, Sea Star
Industry Co., Ltd. has changed its name to ShenZhen Sea Star Technology
Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
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 notification 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 December 16,
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 18, 2006 (71 FR 2960).
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-3493 Filed 4-11-06; 8:45 am]
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