[Federal Register: April 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 79)]
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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 March 17, 2008, 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, Audible Magic Corporation, Los Gatos, CA; Klipsch Group, 
Inc., Indianapolis, IN; Malata Group (HK) Limited, North Point, HONG 
KONG--CHINA; and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN have been added as 
parties to this venture. Also, Capgemini U.S. LLC, Irving, TX; 
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsin chu, TAIWAN; Shenzhen 
Oriental Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA; and TechniSat Digital GmbH, Daun, GERMANY have withdrawn as 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 December 18, 
2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 28, 2008 (73 FR 4918).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-8629 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]

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