What specific actions is the Franchisor/Assignee empowered to take as attorney-in-fact for the Aw franchisee (Assignor)?
Aw Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| Franchisee (Assignor):, whose business address is, in consideration of the granting of a franchise to Assignor contemporaneously herewith, and other valuable consideration paid by Rayyan Pizza Franchise, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (Franchisor/Assignee), hereby assigns unto the Assignee (i) all telephone numbers and listings utilized by Assignor in the operation of Assignor's PAPA RAY'S PIZZA restaurant at Assignor's address above-referenced and (ii) all accounts with social media platforms or networks, including passwords and log-in information. WINGS" and the associated marks are solely the property of Franchisor/Assignee. Assignor's right to use any telephone numbers and directory listings and social media accounts associated with "PAPA RAY'S PIZZA & WINGS" trademarks and service marks was solely due to a limited license granted by Assignee/Franchisor in connection with the Assignee/Franchisor's trademark(s)/service mark(s) pursuant to a Franchise Agreement. Once said license has expired and/or terminated pursuant to the expiration or termination of the Franchise Agreement, Assignor has no right to the telephone number or directory listing or social media accounts associated with the Assignee/Franchisor's trademark, including, but not limited to PAPA RAY'S PIZZA & WINGS. | Assignor acknowledges that "PAPA RAY'S PIZZA & As such, |
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| This Assignment shall constitute authorization to the appropriate telephone company to change | |
| and transfer to Franchisor/Assignee all of Assignor's rights in and to the use of said business | |
| telephone lines to the appropriate social media companies to change and transfer to | |
| Franchisor/Assignee all of Assignor's rights in and to the use of said social media account, and | |
| Assignor hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Franchisor/Assignee to act as Assignor's | |
| attorney-in-fact and hereby empowers Franchisor/Assignee to execute such instruments in the | |
| Assignee's name in order to give full effect to this Assignment and to effectuate any transfer. | |
| Upon the Assignment, the Assignee hereby assumes the performance of all of the terms, covenants | if Assignee had originally been issued such social media accounts. |
| and conditions of the telephone company with respect to such telephones, telephone numbers and | |
| telephone listings with the full force and effect as if the Assignee had been originally issued such | |
| telephones, telephone numbers, telephone listings and the usage thereof and all of the terms, | |
| covenants and conditions of the social media companies with respect to the social media accounts | |
| with full force and effect as | |
| ASSIGNOR (Franchisee): | ASSIGNEE (Franchisor): RAYYAN PIZZA FRANCHISE LLC |
| By: | By: |
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 39–40)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aw's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee (Assignor) grants Aw (Franchisor/Assignee) the power of attorney to execute instruments and effectuate transfers related to telephone numbers, directory listings, and social media accounts. This is specifically to give full effect to the assignment of these assets from the franchisee to Aw. The assignment includes all telephone numbers and listings used by the franchisee in operating their Papa Ray's Pizza restaurant, as well as all social media accounts, including passwords and login information.
This means that Aw can act on behalf of the franchisee to transfer the phone lines and social media accounts to themselves. This transfer is authorized to the telephone company and social media companies. The franchisee gives up control of these assets to Aw once the franchise agreement expires or is terminated.
This is because the right to use these telephone numbers, directory listings, and social media accounts is tied to the limited license granted by Aw to the franchisee for the use of the Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings trademarks and service marks. Once the franchise agreement ends, the franchisee no longer has the right to use these assets associated with the Aw trademark. This ensures that Aw maintains control over its brand identity and customer communications even after a franchise relationship ends.