[Federal Register: August 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 153)]
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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 July 6, 2006, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Institute of Electrical

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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, two new 
standards have been initiated and two existing standards are being 
revised. More detail regarding these changes can be found at http://standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/05-25-06.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 April 24, 
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 69b) of the Act on May 22, 2006 (71 FR 29354).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6775 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]

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