[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17786-17787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07525]


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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 March 10, 2015, 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, IEEE has 
provided an updated list of 60 new standards that have been initiated 
and 45 existing standards that are being revised. More detail regarding 
these changes can be found at:

http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/jun2014.html

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http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/aug2014.html
http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/oct2014.html
http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/dec2014.html
http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/feb2014.html.

    On February 8, 2015, the IEEE Board of Directors approved an update 
of the IEEE patent policy standards for development, scheduled to 
become effective on March 15, 2015. The updated policy is available at 
http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/approved-changes.pdf 
and, from the effective date, will be available at http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sec6-7.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 March 26, 
2014. A notice was filed in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 
6(b) of the Act on April 30, 2014 (79 FR 24450).

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