[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23525]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Theatrical Dealers Association D/B/A 
Entertainment Services and Technology Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 9, 2004, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Theatrical Dealers 
Association d/b/a Entertainment Services and Technology Association 
(``ESTA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and principal place of business of the standards development 
organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development 
activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking 
the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plantiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Theatrical 
Dealers Association d/b/a Entertainment Services and Technology 
Association, New York, NY. The nature and scope of ESTA's standards 
development activities are: The development of technical standards used 
in the entertainment industry, principally in the live entertainment 
industry, that promote compatibility among equipment, products, and 
systems of competing manufacturers or that are designed to prevent 
unreasonable risks of injury to either persons or property through 
equipment or products or the manner in which they are to be used.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23525 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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