NAPL, NAQP and Coalition for Open Competition Support Adobe’s Action Plan to Remove FedEx Kinko’s Link from Software

NAPL and NAQP were the first major industry associations to express their concerns about the Adobe/FedEx Kinko’s agreement directly to Adobe Systems CEO Bruce Chizen in a June 15, 2007, letter. Writing on behalf of their members, and the Graphic Communications Coalition for Open Competition which they had formed in June (comprised of the heads of leading graphic communications franchise organizations, see below), Truncale and NAQP President and CEO Steve Johnson clearly requested that Adobe extricate itself from the agreement and remove the FedEx Kinko’s logo and embedded links from Adobe software in a timely manner. Adobe’s Chizen responded with an intention to address the situation in a timely manner, putting in place the process that resulted in Adobe’s decision to remove the links.