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

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identifier: "/us/fr/2025-24183"
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title: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-DVD Copy Control Association"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2025-24183"
section_name: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-DVD Copy Control Association"
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currency: "2026-01-02"
last_updated: "2026-01-02"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Justice Department"
document_number: "2025-24183"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2026-01-02"
agencies:
  - "Justice Department"
  - "Antitrust Division"
fr_citation: "91 FR 166"
fr_volume: 91
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#  Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—DVD Copy Control Association

Notice is hereby given that, on October 23, 2025, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 *et seq.* (“the Act”), the 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, Shanxi Lightchain Technology Industrial Development Co., Ltd., Jinzhong City, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, has been added as a party to this venture.

Also, Funai Electric Co., Osaka, JAPAN; Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Warwick, UNITED KINGDOM; Lite-On Technology Corp., Taipei, REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN); Media Industry, St. Marguerite, FRENCH REPUBLIC; Sharp Corporation, Osaka, JAPAN; Tonly Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Ultra Source Technology Corporation, New Taipei City, REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN); and Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Manisa, TÜRKIYE, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 16, 2024. A notice was published in the *Federal Register* pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on February 3, 2025 (90 FR 8815).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.