[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 61071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24484]
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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
Notice is hereby given that, on September 6, 2019, 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
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 April 22, 2019, ASME has published eight new
standards, added one consensus committee charter, revised one consensus
committee charter, initiated nine new standards activities, and
withdrawn two proposed standards from consideration within the general
nature and scope of ASME's standards 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 with the Attorney General was filed on April
22, 2019. A notice was filed in the Federal Register on May 13, 2019
(84 FR 20908).
Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-24484 Filed 11-8-19; 8:45 am]
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