What rights do All Dogs Unleashed franchisees and their owners waive regarding improvements they develop?
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 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 49–158)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 All Dogs Unleashed Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees and their owners waive specific rights regarding any improvements they develop related to the All Dogs Unleashed business. If a franchisee, their employees, or owners create a new concept, process, or improvement, it must be promptly reported to All Dogs Unleashed. The franchisee will not receive compensation for this disclosure.
The developed improvement becomes the sole property of All Dogs Unleashed, which gains ownership of all related patents, patent applications, and other intellectual property rights. Franchisees and their owners assign any rights they may have or acquire in these improvements to All Dogs Unleashed. This includes the right for All Dogs Unleashed to modify the improvement.
Furthermore, franchisees and their owners waive and release all rights of restraint and moral rights related to the improvements. They also agree to assist All Dogs Unleashed in securing and enforcing intellectual property rights in any country and must provide all necessary documentation for this purpose. The agreement also allows All Dogs Unleashed to act as the franchisee's agent and attorney to execute and file documentation related to patents or other intellectual property rights associated with the improvement. In the event that these provisions are deemed unenforceable, the franchisee grants All Dogs Unleashed a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid license to use and sublicense the improvement.