[Federal Register: November 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 218)]
[Notices]
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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 October 8, 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, Accesstek, Inc.,
Hsinchu, TAIWAN; Advanced Media Technology Co., Ltd., Seongnam-City,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Boston Acoustics, Inc., Peabody, MA; Broadcom
Corporation, Irvine, CA; Feng Sheng Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien,
TAIWAN; Guangdong Kwanloon Electronics and Technology Co., Ltd.,
Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Hanbit System Co., Ltd., Kyonggi-
do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Harvests Multimedia Pte Ltd., Singapore,
SINGAPORE; ims international media service spa, Varese, ITALY; Jiangsu
Syber Electronic Co., Ltd., Zhenjiang, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Kent
Worldco., Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; Media Mastering Services, LLC., Brea,
CA; Media Solutions, Paris, FRANCE; New York Nickel LLC, Bohemia, NY;
Nexphil Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; OPT
Corporation, Nagano-ken, JAPAN; PitsExpert Technology Co., Ltd.,
Taipei, TAIWAN; PrediWave Corporation, Fremont, CA; Primare Systems AB,
Vaxjo, SWEDEN; Shenzhen Contel Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.,
Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; SOHO Tech Village, Ltd.,
Eastlake, OH; and Techsan I&C Co., Pyeongtaek-Si, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, Aralion Inc., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Cyrus Electronics
Ltd., Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM; E&S Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; EMI Operations Italy S.p.A., Caronno Pertusella,
ITALY; Electric Switch Limited, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Infineon
Technologies Corporation, San Jose, CA; Macro Image Technology, Inc.,
Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Songpagu, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA;
MicroPious Co., Ltd., Pyeongtaek-Si, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Musion Co.,
Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Nakamichi Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN;
Prochips Technology, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; and UP Technology,
Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA have dropped as parties to this venture. In
addition, Delux Video has changed its name to Deluxe Media Services,
Inc., Vernon Hills, IL; Dongguan Albatronics (Far East) Electronics
Co., Ltd. has changed its name to Dongguan Great Vision Technology
Ltd., Guangdong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and Shenzhen Landel
Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. has changed its name to Shenzhen
Contel Electronics 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
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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 July 2,
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 4, 2003 (68 FR 45854).
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-28284 Filed 11-10-03; 8:45 am]
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