05-20676. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-DVD Copy Control Association

Notice is hereby given that, on September 19, 2005, 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, Bontec Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; Cinea, Inc., Richmond, VA; C.K.C. Electronic Corp., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Clevo Co., Taipei, Taiwan; Compact Disc Technologies (Pty), Ltd., Gauteng, South Africa; Coretronic Corporation, Miao-Li County, Taiwan; DAT H.K. Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; D&M Holdings Inc., Tokyo, Japan; DVD Club, Ltd., Moscow, Russia; Kenson-Optical, Ltd., Budapest, Hungary; KRCD India PVT, Ltd., Mumbai, India; Linpus Technologies, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan; Marubun/Arrow (HK) Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; Marubun Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Musical Electronics, Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China; Shenzhen Jin Mei Wei Electron Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; TOMEN Electronics Corp., Tokyo, Japan; TOPAS Electronic GmbH, Hannover, Germany; Visteon Corporation, Van Buren, MI; and Zhongshan Dingcai AV Technology Co., Ltd., Zhongshan, People's Republic of China have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Denon, Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan; Evatone, Inc., Clearwater, FL; Marantz Japan, Inc., Kanagawa, Japan; and Ulead Systems, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 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 June 27, 2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on July 13, 2005 (70 FR 40399).

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.