ATTORNEY FEES.

SEC. 106. ATTORNEY FEES. Section 5 of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. 4304) is amended—(1) in subsection (a) by inserting “, or of a standards development activity engaged in by a standards development organization” after “joint venture”, and(2) by adding at the end the following:“(c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply with respect to any person who—“(1) directly participates in a standards development activity with respect to which a violation of any of the antitrust laws is found,“(2) is not a fulltime employee of a standards development organization that engaged in such activity, and“(3) is, or is an employee or agent of a person who is, engaged in a line of commerce that is likely to benefit directly from the operation of the standards development activity with respect to which such violation is found.”.