[Federal Register: December 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 239)]
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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 November 17, 2008, 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 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, 10 new 
standards have been initiated and 19 existing standards are being 
revised. More detail regarding these changes can be found at http://
standards.ieee.org/standarswire/sba/09-26-08.html and http://
standards.ieee.org/standarswire/sba/11-07-08.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 7, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 31, 2008 (73 FR 44773).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-29298 Filed 12-10-08; 8:45 am]

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