Does Bambu have copyright registration for FRC Materials?
Bambu Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We do not own any patents or copyright registrations or any pending patent or copyright applications which are material to the franchise. We consider our FRC Materials and related materials, training materials, drink and food item preparation information, ingredients and cooking recipes, menus, food preparation techniques and methods, customer and loyalty member lists, our Bambū system and any program that we develop as our proprietary and confidential property. They may be used by you only as described in the Franchise Agreement. You must maintain the confidentiality of our proprietary information and adopt reasonable procedures to safeguard our written materials and prevent unauthorized disclosure of our trade secrets and proprietary information, such as requiring that you enter into a nondisclosure and noncompetition agreement with each of your employees. Although we have not obtained a copyright registration, we own the copyright in our FRC Materials, training materials, advertising materials and other works.
Source: Item 14 — Patents, Copyrights, and Proprietary Information (FDD page 42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bambu's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bambu does not have copyright registrations for its FRC (Franchise Resource Center) Materials; however, Bambu considers its FRC Materials, training materials, drink and food item preparation information, ingredients and cooking recipes, menus, food preparation techniques and methods, customer and loyalty member lists, its Bambū system and any program that it develops as its proprietary and confidential property. Bambu states that although they have not obtained a copyright registration, they own the copyright in their FRC Materials, training materials, advertising materials and other works.
Bambu's FRC Materials are available to the franchisee via password access to www.bambufrc.com. The FRC contains Bambu's FRC Blog, FRC Forum, notices, marketing materials, artwork, health compliance plan and information, and ordering platform, as well as other manuals, technical and news bulletins and other written or electronic materials covering certain standards, specifications and operating and marketing procedures that Bambu requires the franchisee to utilize in developing and operating its Bambū shoppe.
Bambu franchisees must use the Marks and Bambū system only as specified in the FRC Materials. The FRC Materials are the sole property of Bambu and shall be used by the franchisee only during the term of the Franchise Agreement and in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement. Franchisees are not allowed to duplicate the FRC Materials nor disclose its contents to people other than the franchisee's employees or officers who have signed a confidentiality and noncompetition agreement approved by Bambu.