81 FR 37214 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-DVD Copy Control Association

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 111 (June 9, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37214-37215]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13631]


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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 9, 2016, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301

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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, Dongguan Team 
Force Electronic Co., Ltd., Dongguan, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, has 
been added as a party to this venture.
    Also, 3A Media Co. Ltd., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; 
Apollo Electronics Group Limited, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, HONG KONG-
CHINA; Bestdisc Technology Corporation, Kee-Lung, TAIWAN; CMC Magnetics 
Corporation, Taipei, TAIWAN; CSR Technology, Inc., Sunnyville, CA; 
digiCon AG, Kornwestheim, GERMANY; Fuhrmeister Electronics Co., Ltd., 
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN; Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications, 
Dongguan, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Hitachi High-Technologies Taiwan 
Corporation, Taipei, TAIWAN; Malata Group (HK) Limited, North Point, 
Hong Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; Nagravision SA., Cheseau-sur-Lausanne, 
SWITZERLAND; Quatius Limited TST East, Hong Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; 
Shanghai United Optical Disc Co., Ltd., Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA; Starlight Video Limited, Hong Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; Tamul 
Multimedia Co., Ltd., AnYang-City, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; The Video 
Duplicating Co. Ltd., Middlesex, UNITED KINGDOM; Yu Cha (Hong Kong) 
Electronics, Co., Ltd., Tsuen Wan N.T., Hong Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; and 
Zhong Shan City Litai Electronic Industrial Co. Ltd., Zhongshan 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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 August 21, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on September 28, 2015 (80 FR 58297).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-13631 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am]
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