[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 25 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2596]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 14, 2009, 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 American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has filed written notifications 
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 Acts provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, since 
October 1, 2008, ASME has published six new standards, initiated seven 
new standards activities, and established two new standards-writing 
committees within the general nature and scope of ASME's standards 
development activities, as specified in its original notification. More 
detail regarding these changes can be found at http://www.asme.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASME 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 October 13, 2004 (69 FR 60895).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 3, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 5, 2008 (73 FR 65884)

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-2596 Filed 2-6-09; 8:45 am]
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