79 FR 110 pgs. 32998-32999 - Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 110Pages: 32998 - 32999
FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-13338 Filed 6-6-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Justice Department
Sub Agency: Antitrust Division
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 32998, 32999

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-American Society of Mechanical Engineers


[top] Notice is hereby given that, on May 2, 2014, 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 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ("ASME") 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 Specifically, since January 8, 2014 ASME has published four new standards and withdrawn ten published standards within the general nature and scope of ASME's standards page 32999 development activities, as specified in its original notification. More detail regarding these changes can be found at www.asme.org .

On September 15, 2004, ASME 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 October 13, 2004 (69 FR 60895).

The last notification was filed with the Department on January 10, 2014. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on February 20, 2014 (79 FR 9767).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2014-13338 Filed 6-6-14; 8:45 am]

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