[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 20141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07705]


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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 March 5, 2013, 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 
August 22, 2012, ASME has published one new standard, initiated six new 
standards activities, established two new consensus committees, revised 
the charter of one consensus committee, withdrawn one published 
standard, and withdrawn one proposed standard from consideration within 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 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 August 27, 
2012. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 20, 2012 (77 FR 58412).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-07705 Filed 4-2-13; 8:45 am]
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