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

• Published date: 27 April 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 23377
• Record Number: 2020-08834
• Section: Notices
• Court: Antitrust Division,Justice Department

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 23377]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-08834]
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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 1, 2020, 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, 31 new
                standards have been initiated and 10 existing standards are being
                revised. More detail regarding these changes can be found at: https://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/sba/jan2020.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-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 February 6,
                2020. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
                Section 6(b) of the Act on February 27, 2020 (85 FR 11396).
                Suzanne Morris,
                Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
                [FR Doc. 2020-08834 Filed 4-24-20; 8:45 am]
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