[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 5573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2381]


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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 January 10, 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 Institute of Electrical 
and Electronics Engineers (``IEEE'') 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, 43 new 
standards have been initiated and 27 existing standards are being 
revised. More detail regarding these changes can be found at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/sep2011.html, http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/oct2011.html, http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/dec2011.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 July 1, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 9, 2011 (76 FR 48884).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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