Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Secure Content Storage Association, LLC, 34068 [2012-13971]
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Act on December 21, 2011 (76 FR
79218).
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
Division.
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Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—Secure Content Storage
Association, LLC
Notice is hereby given that, on May 3,
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’’), the Secure Content
Storage Association, LLC (‘‘SCSA’’) 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: Warner Bros. Entertainment
Inc., Burbank, CA; Twentieth Century
Fox Innovations, Inc., Los Angeles, CA;
SanDisk Corporation, Milpitas, CA; and
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.,
Irvine, CA.
The general area of SCSA’s planned
activity is to develop, acquire, own,
license and promote technology to
facilitate the distribution, use and sale
of digital content while allowing
content owners to prevent the
unauthorized interception, copying and
redistribution of that content. This
technology will include, but is not
necessarily limited to, methods for data
encryption, encrypting key
management, encryption renewability,
and forensic tracing (the ‘‘Technology’’).
The parties anticipate the relevant
content will be valuable commercial
content protected by copyrights and
other intellectual property rights. The
Technology is intended to interact with
other suitable content protection
technologies in order to promote the
flexible use of such content by
consumers while continuing to maintain
appropriate security. Through a limited
liability corporation formed by the
parties or their affiliates, the parties will
promote and license the Technology to
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facilitate broad adoption and enable
new lines of business in affected
industries.
In furtherance of the purposes stated
above, the parties and their affiliates
may, among other things, engage in
theoretical analysis; experimentation;
systematic study; research;
development; testing; extension of
investigative findings or theories of a
scientific or technical nature into
practical application for experimental
and demonstration purposes; collection,
exchange and analysis of research or
production information; solicitation
from industry of feedback on
specifications and licenses; develop,
publish and license specifications
pertaining to the protection of high
value digital content on a variety of
consumer devices; enter into agreements
to carry out the objectives of the parties;
establish and operate facilities in the
United States for conducting such
venture; conduct such venture on a
protected and proprietary basis;
prosecute applications for patents and
grant licenses for the results of such
venture; and any combination of these
activities.
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—National Center for
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on April
30, 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’’), National Center for
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (‘‘NCMS’’)
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, ACE Clearwater
Enterprises, Torrance, CA; Autodesk,
Inc., San Rafael, CA; Chicago Coatings
Group, Skokie, IL; Ciara Technologies,
St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada; The
Columbia Group, Inc., Washington, DC;
Consumers Energy Company, Midland,
MI; Curtiss-Wright Surface
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Technologies, Paramus, NJ; Fraunhofer
USA, Inc., Plymouth, MI; Goodrich
Corporation, Brecksville, OH; ParkerHannifin Corporation, Machesney Park,
IL; Perfect Point, Inc., Huntington
Beach, CA; and Roush Industries, Inc.,
Livonia, MI, have been added as parties
to this venture.
Also, adapt laser systems, LLC,
Kansas City, MO; Advanced Processing
Technologies (AVPRO), Norman, OK;
Anglicotech LLC, Alpharetta, GA;
Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc.,
Chelmsford, MA; Concurrent
Technologies Corporation, Johnstown,
PA; GKN Aerospace, Tallassee, AL; The
Marlin Group, Arlington, VA; New
Mexico Computing Applications Center
(NMCAC); One Network Enterprises,
Inc., Dallas, TX; Optomec, Inc.,
Albuquerque, NM; The Pacific Center
for Advanced Technology Training
(PCATT) at Honolulu Community
College, Honolulu, HI; Packer
Engineering, Inc., Naperville, IL;
Parametric Technology Corporation
(PTC), Waltham, MA; PDQ Precision
Inc., National City, CA; Portal
Dynamics, Inc., Alexandria, VA; REI
Systems, Inc., Vienna, VA; Steinbichler
Optotechnik GmbH, Neubeuern,
Germany; and Superior Controls,
Plymouth, MI, 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 NCMS
intends to file additional written
notifications disclosing all changes in
membership.
On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).
The last notification was filed with
the Department on November 22, 2011.
A notice was published in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on December 21, 2011 (76 FR
79217).
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement Antitrust
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Secure Content Storage Association, LLC
Notice is hereby given that, on May 3, 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''), the Secure Content Storage
Association, LLC (``SCSA'') 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: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Burbank, CA;
Twentieth Century Fox Innovations, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; SanDisk
Corporation, Milpitas, CA; and Western Digital Technologies, Inc.,
Irvine, CA.
The general area of SCSA's planned activity is to develop, acquire,
own, license and promote technology to facilitate the distribution, use
and sale of digital content while allowing content owners to prevent
the unauthorized interception, copying and redistribution of that
content. This technology will include, but is not necessarily limited
to, methods for data encryption, encrypting key management, encryption
renewability, and forensic tracing (the ``Technology''). The parties
anticipate the relevant content will be valuable commercial content
protected by copyrights and other intellectual property rights. The
Technology is intended to interact with other suitable content
protection technologies in order to promote the flexible use of such
content by consumers while continuing to maintain appropriate security.
Through a limited liability corporation formed by the parties or their
affiliates, the parties will promote and license the Technology to
facilitate broad adoption and enable new lines of business in affected
industries.
In furtherance of the purposes stated above, the parties and their
affiliates may, among other things, engage in theoretical analysis;
experimentation; systematic study; research; development; testing;
extension of investigative findings or theories of a scientific or
technical nature into practical application for experimental and
demonstration purposes; collection, exchange and analysis of research
or production information; solicitation from industry of feedback on
specifications and licenses; develop, publish and license
specifications pertaining to the protection of high value digital
content on a variety of consumer devices; enter into agreements to
carry out the objectives of the parties; establish and operate
facilities in the United States for conducting such venture; conduct
such venture on a protected and proprietary basis; prosecute
applications for patents and grant licenses for the results of such
venture; and any combination of these activities.
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-13971 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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