What is the Bumble Roofing Manual and what does it contain?
Bumble_Roofing Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
nstallation and repairs, and related products and services, for residential and commercial customers.
WHEREAS, Roofing Businesses are operated under a unique business system, including valuable know-how, information, Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, methods, Manual, standards, designs, methods of trademark usage, copyrights, sources and specifications, confidential electronic and other communications, methods of Internet usage, marketing programs, and research and development (the "System").
WHEREAS, the distinguishing characteristics of the System include the trademark "BUMBLE ROOFING" and other trademarks and trade names, confidential operating procedures, confidential Manual, standards and specifications for equipment, services and products, method of Internet usage, methods of service, management and marketing programs and sales techniques and strategies. All of these distinguishing characteristics may be changed, improved, and further developed by Franchisor from time to time. They are Franchisor's Confidential Information and Trade Secrets and are designated by and identified with the Marks described in this Agreement.
WHEREAS, Franchisor's affiliate, Lynx Franchising Intellectual Property, LLC ("Lynx IP") is the owner of certain trademarks and service marks associated with or related to the System, and which represent the System's high standards of quality, service and customer satisfaction, and Lynx IP has granted to Franchisor the right to use and sublicense others to use those trademarks and service marks.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 53)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bumble Roofing's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Bumble Roofing system includes a confidential manual that contains standards and specifications for equipment, services, and products. The manual is part of the unique business system that Bumble Roofing franchisees must adhere to when operating their roofing business.
The Bumble Roofing franchise agreement defines the "Manual" in Section 7.3(d). Franchisees are expected to train their employees in compliance with Bumble Roofing's standards and procedures, as detailed in the manual.
The manual is considered confidential information and a trade secret of Bumble Roofing. It contains valuable know-how, information, methods, standards, designs, methods of trademark usage, copyrights, sources and specifications, confidential electronic and other communications, methods of Internet usage, marketing programs, and research and development. Prospective franchisees should review Exhibit F, the Operating Manual Table of Contents, to understand the scope and details of the Bumble Roofing manual.