What must an All Team franchisee do with confidential information and the Confidential Operating Manual upon termination?
All_Team Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, for any reason whatsoever, all of FRANCHISEE's rights hereunder shall terminate.
FRANCHISEE shall immediately thereafter discontinue use of all Marks, signs, colors, structures, printed goods and forms of advertising indicative of ATFC's business and return any copyrighted materials which have been provided to FRANCHISEE by ATFC, and if ATFC requests, shall assign its telephone numbers to ATFC, clients, candidates, customers and the employee roster and execute any and all documents necessary to do so.
FRANCHISEE will immediately cease providing services to all customers and candidates and forfeit any rights it may have to the customers, candidates and any customer accounts.
Upon request of ATFC, FRANCHISEE will assign to ATFC any or all of FRANCHISEE'S customer contracts and candidates and ATFC will have the right to either service the accounts or assign the servicing of the accounts to others.
Further, FRANCHISEE shall pay all amounts due to ATFC, ATFC's affiliates, and suppliers.
Further, FRANCHISEE agrees to return any and all materials which contain Confidential Information in whatever form, including but not limited to the Confidential Operating Manual, to ATFC immediately.
FRANCHISEE shall cancel any assumed name registration or equivalent registration obtained by FRANCHISEE which contains the Marks and FRANCHISEE shall furnish ATFC with evidence satisfactory to ATFC of compliance with this obligation within 5 days of the termination, expiration or Transfer.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 33–34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All Team's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, upon termination or expiration of the franchise agreement, the franchisee faces several obligations regarding confidential information and the Confidential Operating Manual. Specifically, the franchisee must immediately discontinue the use of all All Team's marks, signs, colors, structures, printed goods, and forms of advertising. They must also return any copyrighted materials provided by All Team.
Furthermore, the franchisee is obligated to return any and all materials containing Confidential Information, including the Confidential Operating Manual, to All Team immediately. This underscores the importance All Team places on protecting its proprietary information and trade secrets, even after the franchise relationship ends.
In addition to these requirements, the franchisee must cease providing services to all customers and candidates, forfeiting any rights to those customers, candidates, and customer accounts. They must also cancel any assumed name registrations containing All Team's marks and provide evidence of compliance to All Team within 5 days of termination. These measures ensure a clean break and prevent any potential misuse of All Team's brand or confidential assets after the franchise agreement concludes.