[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 45156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18749]


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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 June 28, 2010, 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 Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, since 
February 23, 2010, ASME has established two new standards-writing 
committees, published four new standards, and initiated six new 
standards activities within the general nature and scope of ASME's 
standards development activities, as specified in its original 
notification. More details 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 February 25, 
2010. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 24, 2010 (75 FR 14191).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-18749 Filed 7-30-10; 8:45 am]
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