IEEE Updates Standards Activities Under Federal Antitrust Law

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On June 24, 2025, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) filed written notifications with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission. This filing was made under section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.

The purpose of this notice is to extend the Act’s provisions. These provisions limit the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under some circumstances.

According to the notification, 57 new standards have been started. In addition, 20 existing standards are being revised. More information about these new and revised standards can be found at:
https://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/sba/28may2025/ and
https://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/sba/19jun2025/.

There are also new or renewed pre-standards activities related to IEEE Industry Connections Activities. Details are at:
https://standards.ieee.org/about/bog/cag/approvals/june202/.

IEEE first filed a notification under the Act on September 17, 2004. The Department of Justice published a notice about that on November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105).

The last notification before this one was filed with the Department on April 10, 2025. A notice about that was published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2025 (90 FR 17079).

Suzanne Morris is the Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.

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