83 FR 10751 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-DVD Copy Control Association

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 48 (March 12, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10751-10752]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04843]


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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 February 15, 2018, 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, TEAC Corp., Tokyo, JAPAN, has been added 
as a party to this venture.
    Also, Tohei Industrial Co., Ltd., Fukushima-ken, JAPAN; Skypine 
Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen City, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA; PitsExpert Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; Jiangmen Simon 
Electronics Co., Ltd., Jiangmen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Cinram 
GmbH, Olyphant, PA; Societe Nouvelle Areacem (S.N.A.), Tourouvre, 
FRANCE; and Ziotech Corp., Chino, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this 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 November 21, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the

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Act on December 13, 2017 (82 FR 58653).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-04843 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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