80 FR 30267 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 101 (May 27, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30267-30268]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12673]


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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 April 13, 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, 26 new 
standards have been initiated and 18 existing standards are being 
revised. More detail regarding these changes can be found at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/feb2015.html, and http://standards.ieee.org/about/sba/mar2015.html.
    On February 8, 2015, the IEEE Board of Directors approved an update 
of the IEEE patent policy for standards development, which became 
effective on 15 March 2015. The updated policy is available at http://
standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/approved-

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changes.pdf and, from the effective date, will be available at http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.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 10, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 2, 2015 (80 FR 17786).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-12673 Filed 5-26-15; 8:45 am]
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