2020-01226. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-DVD Copy Control Association  

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    Notice is hereby given that, on December 26, 2019, 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, CDA, Inc., Charlotte, NC; Fermata a.s., Celakovice, CZECH REPUBLIC; On Demand Publishing LLC, Wilmington, DE; STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX; Samsung Electronics, Gyeonggi-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; A&R Cambridge Limited, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM; and Dongguan Digital AV Technology Corp. Ltd., Guangdong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 May 15, 2019. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on June 17, 2019 (84 FR 28074).

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    Suzanne Morris,

    Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit Antitrust Division.

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    [FR Doc. 2020-01226 Filed 1-24-20; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 4410-11-P

Document Information

Published:
01/27/2020
Department:
Antitrust Division
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
2020-01226
Pages:
4705-4705 (1 pages)
PDF File:
2020-01226.pdf