[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44048-44049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15967]


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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 May 31, 2016, 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

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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 
January 26, 2016, ASME has initiated two new standards activities 
within the general nature and scope of ASME's standards development 
activities, as specified in its original notification, and has 
discontinued three standards activities. 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 with the Attorney General was filed on 
January 28, 2016. A notice was filed in the Federal Register on 
February 26, 2016 (81 FR 9883).

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