What must a Beem Light Sauna franchisee do with assumed name registrations upon termination?
Beem_Light_Sauna Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
15.5 Cease Identification with Us. You must immediately take, and cause the Franchisee Parties to take, all action required (i) to cancel all assumed name or equivalent registrations relating to your use of the Marks and (ii) to, in accordance with our directions, cancel or transfer to us or our designee all authorized and unauthorized domain names, social media accounts, telephone numbers, post office boxes, and classified and other directory listings relating to, or used in connection with, the Studio or the Marks (collectively, "Identifiers"). You acknowledge that as between any of the Franchisee Parties and us and our Affiliates, we and our Affiliates have the sole rights to and interest in all Identifiers. If you fail to comply with this Section 15.5, you hereby authorize us and irrevocably appoint us or our designee as your attorney-in-fact to direct the telephone company, postal service, registrar, Internet Service Provider, and all listing agencies or providers to transfer such Identifiers to us. The telephone company, the postal service, registrars, Internet Service Providers listing agencies, and other providers may accept such direction by us pursuant to this Agreement as conclusive evidence of our exclusive rights in such Identifiers and our authority to direct their transfer.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 71–230)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Beem Light Sauna Franchise Disclosure Document, upon termination of the franchise agreement, a franchisee must take immediate action to cease identification with Beem Light Sauna. This includes canceling all assumed name or equivalent registrations related to the use of Beem Light Sauna's marks.
In addition to canceling assumed name registrations, the franchisee is required to cancel or transfer all authorized and unauthorized domain names, social media accounts, telephone numbers, post office boxes, and classified and other directory listings related to the studio or Beem Light Sauna's marks. This transfer or cancellation must be done in accordance with Beem Light Sauna's directions. Beem Light Sauna retains sole rights to all such identifiers.
If a franchisee fails to comply with these requirements, Beem Light Sauna is authorized to act as the franchisee's attorney-in-fact to direct the transfer of these identifiers. This includes directing telephone companies, postal services, registrars, Internet Service Providers, and listing agencies to transfer such identifiers to Beem Light Sauna. These entities are permitted to accept Beem Light Sauna's direction as conclusive evidence of their exclusive rights and authority to direct the transfer.