[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 69146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9445]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Institute of Electrical and Electronics 
Engineers

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 3, 2006, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Institute of Electrical and 
Electronics Engineers (``IEEE'') has filed written notification 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing additions or changes to its standards development 
activities. 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, 19 new 
standards have been initiated and 7 existing standards are being 
revised. More detail regarding these changes can be found at http://standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/09-15-06.html.
    On September 17, 2004, IEEE 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 November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 4, 
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 8, 2006 (71 FR 53133).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9445 Filed 11-28-06; 8:45 am]
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