[Federal Register: May 29, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 103)]
[Notices]               
[Page 37440-37441]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr29my02-88]                         

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 April 12, 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 
(``DVD 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, Action Electronics Co., Ltd., Chung Li, Taiwan; Alcorn 
McBride, Inc., Orlando, FL; Creative Technology Ltd., Singapore, 
Singapore; DVS Korea Co. Ltd, Sungnam City, Kyungki-do. Republic of 
Korea; Denca Industrial Limited, Kowloon, Hong Kong-China; First 
International Computer, Inc., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Gema O.D. S.A., 
Barcelona, Spain; KD Media, Inc., Seol, Republic of Korea; Media Group, 
Inc., Fremont, CA; Megatron Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Novac 
Co., Ltd., Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; SDC Denmark A/S, Sakskobing, 
Denmark; STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX; UP Technology, 
Yangcheon-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea; and Videolar S/A, Barueri, 
Brazil have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Beijing Durban Yu Change Electronics Co. Ltd., Kowloon, Hong 
Kong-China; Diversion Technologies, Inc., Castro Valley, CA; Dragon DVD 
Technology Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Ngai Lik Electronics Co., 
Ltd., Kowloon, Hong Kong-China; Kanematsu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; 
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, Finland; and P.T. Hartono Istana Teknologies, 
Kudos, Indonesia 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 (``DVD 
CCA'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing all 
changes in membership.
    On April 11, 2001, DVD Copy Control Association (``DVD CCA'') filed 
its original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The 
Department of

[[Page 37441]]

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 January 15, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant seciton 
6(b) of the Act on March 25, 2002 (67 FR 13662).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-13304 Filed 5-28-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-11-M