Press Releases


Media Contact: Kimberly Schrader • (p) 1-800-353-1274 • (e) hudson@qualitypartscoalition.com


July 28, 2008 Quality Parts Coalition and Automotive "Repair Clause" Supporters Submit
Testimony to USPTO
July 8, 2008 Kentucky-Indiana Automotive Wholesalers Association Joins Quality Parts Coalition
June 26, 2008 Quality Parts Coalition Gains Additional Support from New York
June 16, 2008 USPTO Holds Town Hall Meeting on Industrial Patent Designs
May 19, 2008 Automotive Parts and Service Association of Illinois Joins QPC in Support of H.R. 5638
May 7, 2008 International Trade Commission Section 337 Complaint Targets Owners
of Classic American Sports Car
April 17, 2008 Representative Zoe Lofgren Champions Consumers’ Rights
March 19, 2008 Quality Parts Coalition Welcomes Support of Ohio Valley Automotive Aftermarket Association
March 18, 2008 Florida Automotive Industry Association and Quality Parts Coalition Urge Florida Legislators to Stop Monopolies, Preserve Competition
March 3, 2008 Florida Automotive Industry Association Endorses the Quality Parts Coalition
February 14, 2008 Quality Parts Coalition: Charge to Preserve Competition in Collision Parts Industry Continues
February 4, 2008 Quality Parts Coalition to Collision Repairers: Beware of Car Company Patents
January 30, 2008 California/Nevada/Arizona Automotive Wholesalers Association Endorses Quality Parts Coalition
January 14, 2008 Automotive Aftermarket Association Southeast, Inc. (AAAS) Endorses Quality Parts Coalition
December 12, 2007 European Parliament Moves Forward in Adopting Repair Clause
December 6, 2007 Quality Parts Coalition Applauds 2007 Most Influential Women in the Collision Repair Industry Winners
December 3, 2007 European Parliament Committee Unanimously Backs Repair Clause
November 27, 2007 Alliance of State Automotive Aftermarket Associations Endorses Quality Parts Coalition
November 20, 2007 Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament paves the way for liberalising the market of vehicle spare parts in whole Europe
November 2, 2007 Quality Parts Coalition: Fighting to Preserve Competition
October 31, 2007 Quality Parts Coalition: Fighting for Autobody Repair Shops
October 15, 2007 Quality Parts Coalition: RetireSafe Joins Membership Roster
Grassroots advocacy group unites with QPC in opposition to auto repair parts monopoly
September 17, 2007 QPC: Congress Must Protect Consumers from Auto Parts Monopoly
August 6, 2007 Quality Parts Coalition: Fighting for the American Consumer
Challenges ITC decision on independent auto parts