Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 51 / Thursday, March 15, 2012 / Notices 15395 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Cooperative Research 

Group on Mechanical Stratigraphy and 

Natural Deformation in Eagle Ford 

Formation and Equivalent Boquillas 

Formation, South-Central and West 

Texas 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 23, 2012, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Southwest Research Institute— 

Cooperative Research Group on 

Mechanical Stratigraphy and Natural 

Deformation in Eagle Ford Formation 

and Equivalent Boquillas Formation, 

South-Central and West Texas (‘‘Eagle 

Ford’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the identities 

of the parties to the venture and (2) the 

nature and objectives of the venture. 

The notifications were filed for the 

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. 

Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, 

the identities of the parties to the 

venture are: Hess Corporation, Houston, 

TX; Chesapeake Energy Corporation, 

Oklahoma City, OK; Newfield 

Exploration Co., The Woodlands, TX; 

and ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, 

TX. The general area of Eagle Ford’s 

planned activity is to understand 

mechanical stratigraphy and natural 

deformation in Eagle Ford Formation 

and equivalent Boquillas Formation in 

South-Central and West Texas. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6282 Filed 3–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

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 

February 24, 2012, 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, Diamondking Inc., Chino, 

CA; Guangdong OPPO Mobile 

Telecommunications, Dongguan, 

Guangdong, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

CHINA; Hyundai Digital Technology 

Co., Ltd., Kyoungki-do, REPUBLIC OF 

KOREA; and Vtrek Electronics Co., Ltd., 

Guangzhou City, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 

OF CHINA, have been added as parties 

to this venture. 

Also, BBK Electronics Corp., Ltd., 

Donngguan, Guangdong, PEOPLE’S 

REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Creative 

Technology Ltd., Singapore, 

SINGAPORE; Express Way Limited, 

Hong Kong, HONG KONG—CHINA; 

Magnum Semiconductor, Inc., Milpitas, 

CA; Main Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei 

Hsien, TAIWAN; Mustek Systems Inc., 

Hsin-Chu, TAIWAN; Technicolor S.A. 

(formerly known as Thomson S.A.), 

Boulogne Billancourt, FRANCE; Wistron 

Corporation, Taipei Hsien, TAIWAN; 

and Ocean Way International Co., Ltd., 

Macau, 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 November 23, 2011. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on December 21, 2011 (76 FR 

79218). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6279 Filed 3–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—OPEN MOBILE ALLIANCE 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 27, 2012, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Open 

Mobile Alliance (‘‘OMA’’) 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, 

the following members have been added 

as parties to this venture: Beijing 

Leadtone Wireless Ltd., Haidian 

District, Beijing, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 

OF CHINA; Birdstep Technology AB, 

Stockholm, SWEDEN; Bluefish 

Technologies Holdings APS, Birkerod, 

DENMARK; Cambridge Silicon Radio 

Limited, Cambridge, UNITED 

KINGDOM; Cybage Software Private 

Limited, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA; 

DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of 

Science & Technology), Dalseong-Gun, 

Daegu, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; 

Flextronics (China) Electronics 

Technology Co., Ltd., Haidian District, 

Beijing, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

CHINA; ICERA Inc., Bristol, UNITED 

KINGDOM; Logos Solvo Ltd, Ebene, 

Mauritius, DENMARK; Mavenir 

Systems, Richardson, TX; mquadr.at 

software engineering & consulting 

GmbH, Vienna, AUSTRIA; Oberthur 

Technologies S.A., Nanteroie Cedex, 

FRANCE; Smartontech Co., Ltd., Ebene, 

Mauritius, DENMARK; Speago Oy, 

Helsinki, FINLAND; TCT Mobile 

Limited; Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; and 

Telecommunication Metrology Center of 

MIIT, Haidian District, Beijing, 

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

Also, the following members have 

withdrawn as parties to this venture: 1– 

800 Mobiles Inc., New York, NY; Ad & 

Tel FMG, Inc., Seocho-gu, Seoul, 

REPUBLIC OF KOREA; airwide 

solutions inc., Longueuil, Quebec, 

CANADA; ArcSoft Inc., Fremont, CA; 

Bouygues Telecom, Boulogne 

Billancourt Cedex, FRANCE; 

BROADCOM GPS SPAIN SL, Irvine, CA; 

Cellular GmbH, Hamburg, GERMANY; 

Celtius Oy, Helsinki, FINLAND; Colibria 

AS, Lysaker, NORWAY; Communology 

GmbH, Cologne, GERMANY; ConDel 


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