[Federal Register: February 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 28)]
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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 January 6, 2003, 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, Amusewell 
Technology Corp., Taipei, TAIWAN; Cheertek Inc., Hsinchu, TAIWAN; 
Concord Disc Manufacturing Corp., Anaheim, CA; Daesung Eltec Co., Ltd., 
Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Dai Hwa Industrial Co., Ltd., Chungli, 
TAIWAN; Elegent Technologies Inc., Fremont, CA; Force NO A/S, Oslo, 
NORWAY; Hertz Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Hyundai Autonet Co., 
Ltd., Kyoungki-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Jeong Moon Information Co., Ltd., 
Kyeongki-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Nakamichi Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; 
Profilo Telra Elektronik San. Ve Tic. A.S., Istanbul, TURKEY; Soft4D 
Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Taijin Media Co., Ltd., Seoul, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; and Ulead Systems, Inc., Taipei, TAIWAN have been 
added as parties to this venture. The following member has changed its 
name: Singhale Development Limited to Starlight Video Limited, Hong 
Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA.
    Also, Edge Electronics, Inc., Ronkonkoma, NY; Hibino Corporation, 
Tokyo, JAPAN; and Winbond Electronics Corp., Hsinchu, TAIWAN 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 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 October 8, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 5, 2002 (67 FR 72428).


Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-3295 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]

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