2025-01702. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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Department of Justice

Antitrust Division

Notice is hereby given that, on October 15, 2024, 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, Inc. (“IEEE”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 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, 59 new standards have been initiated and 32 existing standards are being revised. More detail regarding these changes can be found at: https://standards.ieee.org/​about/​sasb/​sba/​26sep2024/​. The following pre-standards activities associated with IEEE Industry Connections Activities were launched or renewed: https://standards.ieee.org/​about/​bog/​cag/​approvals/​october2024/​.

The following conformity assessment program associated with a published IEEE standard and supporting its promulgation was initiated: TSN 802.1: https://standards.ieee.org/​products-programs/​icap/​time-sensitive-networking/​.

On September 17, 2004, the 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 July 1, 2024. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on September 26, 2024 (89 FR 78902).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.