3 January 2002
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[Federal Register: January 3, 2002 (Volume 2, Number 67)]
[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 (``DVD CCA''')

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 12, 2001, 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, A&R Cambridge
Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UNITED KINGDOM; AD Device
Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; ANAM Electronics Co., Ltd., Ansan-City,
Kyungki-Do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Applied Research Corporation, Taipei
Hsien, TAIWAN; Aplus Technics Co., Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; Apollo
Electronics Group Limited, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, HONG KONG--CHINA;
Argus Electronics Co., Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; Arts Electronics Co. Ltd.,
Hong Kong, HONG KONG--CHINA; Behavior Tech Computer Corp., Taipei,
TAIWAN; Beijing Durban Yu Chang Electronics Co. Ltd., Kowloon, HONG
KONG--CHINA; CNERC-OD, Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Coach
Master International dba CMI Worldwide, Inc., Seattle, WA; Comjet
Information Systems Corp., Taipei, TAIWAN; Concord Disc Manufacturing
Corp., Anaheim, CA; Cyrus Electronics Ltd., Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire,
UNITED KINGDOM; D.M. Technology Co., Ltd., Anyang City, Kyunggi-Do,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Diskware Co., Ltd., Koutou-Ku, Tokyo, JAPAN;
Diversion Technologies, Inc., Castro Valley, CA; Dragon DVD Technology
Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA; Duplico 2000, S.L., Barcelona, SPAIN;
Eltech Electronics Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, Senai, Johore, MALAYSIA;
Enlight Corporation, Taipei, TAIWAN; Fujitsu Ten Limited, Hyogoku,
Kobe, JAPAN; GBM Advanced Technology Corp., Taipei, TAIWAN; Gigastorage
Corporation Taiwan, Hsinchu, TAIWAN; Gradiente Electronica S.A., Sao
Paulo, SP, BRAZIL; Hanpin Electron Co., Ltd., Tainan Hsien, TAIWAN;
Kanematsu Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Koninklijke Philips Electronics
N.V., Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS; Lection Technology Co., Ltd., Nei-Hu,
Taipei, TAIWAN; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; MRT Technology,
City of Industry, CA; Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FINLAND; nReady Netware
Ltd., Quarry Bay, HONG KONG--CHINA; Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara,
CA; Optical Experts Manufacturing, Inc., Charlotte, NC; OptoMedia
Electronics Corp., Taipei Hsien, TAIWAN; Paramount Pictures
Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; Planet Optical Disc Limited FZE, Dubai,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; Princo Corporation, Hsin-Chu, TAIWAN; Proside
Corporaton, Chiba, JAPAN; Pro-Tech Industries Corp., Kowloon, HONG
KONG--CHINA; Provac Disc Media Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Raymedia
Co., LTD., Kyungki-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Regency Recordings, Braeside,
Victoria, AUSTRALIA; Shenzhen E-Boda Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen,
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Shenzhen Hongyu Industrial Co. Ltd.,
Shenzhen, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Shunde Xiongfeng Electric
Industrial Company, Shunde City, Guangdong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA;
Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA; SM Summit
Holdings Limited, Singapore, SINGAPORE; Soft4D Co., Ltd., Songnam-Si,
Kyungki-Do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver
City, CA; STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX; The Walt Disney
Company, Burbank, CA; Trident Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA;
TVIA, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Videon Central Inc., State College, PA;
ViXS Systems Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Welton Electronics Ltd.,
Chai Wan, HONG KONG--CHINA; Zenix Electronics Limited, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon,HONG KONG--CHINA; and Zomax Incorporated, Plymouth, MN have
been added as parties to this venture. Also, Shiba Tech Co., Ltd.,
Kowloon, HONG KONG--CHINA; and Vision Tech International Holdings,
Limited, Wan Chai, HONG KONG--CHINA have been dropped as parties to
this venture. The following members have changed their names: Changzhou
Shinco Digital Technology to Jiangsu Shinco Electronic Group Co., Ltd.,
Changzhou Jiangsu, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Advanced Media
Corporation to AMC Co., Ltd., Tokushima, JAPAN; and BMG Storage Media
to Arvato Storage Media, Gutersloh, GERMANY.
    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 Justice published a notice in the Federal Register
pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on August 3, 2001 (66 FR 40727).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-101 Filed 1-2-02; 8:45 am]
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