What does the Body Brain Center Franchise Agreement grant the franchisee the license to do?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 2. GRANT OF FRANCHISE. We hereby grant you a license to own and operate a Body & Brain Center (your "Business" or your "Center") using our Intellectual Property from a single location that we approve in writing. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you under this Agreement.
- 3. TERRITORIAL RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS. Once we have approved the site for your Center, we will grant you a protected territory that will be identified on Part C of Attachment "B" (your "Territory"). Your Territory will include a minimum population of 70,000. We will not operate, or grant a franchise to a third party to operate, a Body & Brain Center or a Dahn Yoga Center that is physically located within your Territory during the Term, except as otherwise provided in this Section with respect to Captive Venues and Alternative Channels of Distribution. We reserve the right to: (i) operate Body & Brain Centers, or grant franchises or licenses to third parties to operate Body & Brain Centers, in Captive Venues that are located in your Territory; and (ii) sell competitive or identical goods or services (including under the Marks), or grant franchises or licenses to third parties to sell those goods or services (including, without limitation, Body & Brain home-based franchises), through Alternative Channels of Distribution, irrespective of whether the sales take place in your Territory.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 43–178)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Body Brain Center Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchise agreement grants the franchisee a license to own and operate a Body & Brain Center using Body Brain Center's intellectual property. This license is valid for a single, approved location. Body Brain Center retains all rights not explicitly granted to the franchisee in the agreement.
This means that as a franchisee, you are authorized to run a Body & Brain Center at a specific location, utilizing the brand's established trademarks, systems, and operational methods. However, this authorization is limited, as Body Brain Center maintains control over aspects not directly assigned to you in the agreement. The franchisee's ability to operate is contingent upon securing approval for a specific site.
This grant is further subject to territorial rights and limitations. Once a site is approved, Body Brain Center will grant a protected territory with a minimum population of 70,000. During the term of the agreement, Body Brain Center will not operate or franchise another Body & Brain Center or Dahn Yoga Center within the franchisee's territory, with some exceptions for Captive Venues and Alternative Channels of Distribution. Body Brain Center reserves the right to operate Body & Brain Centers or grant franchises in Captive Venues within the franchisee's territory and to sell goods or services through Alternative Channels of Distribution, regardless of whether the sales occur within the franchisee's territory.