Does All Dogs Unleashed have any patents material to the franchise?
All_Dogs_Unleashed Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you, your employees, or Owners develop any new concept, process or improvement relative to the operation or promotion of an ALL DOGS UNLEASHED business (an "Improvement"), you agree to promptly notify Franchisor and provide Franchisor with all necessary related information, without compensation.
Any such Improvement shall become Franchisor's sole property and Franchisor shall be the sole owner of all related patents, patent applications, and other intellectual property rights.
You and your Owners hereby assign to Franchisor any rights you or your Owners may have or acquire in the Improvements, including the right to modify the Improvement, and waive and/or release all rights of restraint and moral rights therein and thereto.
You and your Owners agree to assist Franchisor in obtaining and enforcing the intellectual property rights to any such Improvement in any and all countries and further agree to execute and provide Franchisor with all necessary documentation for obtaining and enforcing such rights.
You and your Owners hereby irrevocably designate and appoint Franchisor as agent and attorney-in-fact for you and for them to execute and file any such documentation and to do all other lawful acts to further the prosecution and issuance of patents or other intellectual property right related to any such Improvement.
In the event that the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.4 are found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, you and your Owners hereby grant to Franchisor a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid license to use and sublicense the use of the Improvement
Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD pages 28–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 All Dogs Unleashed Franchise Disclosure Document, any improvements, concepts, or processes developed by a franchisee or their employees related to the operation or promotion of the All Dogs Unleashed business become the sole property of the franchisor. This includes all related patents, patent applications, and other intellectual property rights.
As a franchisee, you are required to promptly notify All Dogs Unleashed of any such improvements and provide all necessary related information without compensation. You and your owners also assign to All Dogs Unleashed any rights you may have in these improvements, including the right to modify them. You also waive all rights of restraint and moral rights.
Furthermore, franchisees agree to assist All Dogs Unleashed in obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights to any improvement in any country. This includes executing and providing all necessary documentation. The agreement also irrevocably designates All Dogs Unleashed as the agent and attorney-in-fact to execute and file any documentation and perform lawful acts to further the prosecution and issuance of patents or other intellectual property rights related to any improvement. If these provisions are found unenforceable, the franchisee grants All Dogs Unleashed a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid license to use and sublicense the improvement.