Does the 'Assignment of Telephone Number(s)' apply to all telephone numbers used by a Bumper Man franchisee?
Bumper_Man Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (d) Disassociation in Communication Methods. Franchisee will, at Franchisor's option, assign to Franchisor (or its designee) or cancel any electronic mail address, domain name, search engine, website, or Social Media account that associates Franchisee with Franchisor, the Bumper Business, System, or Marks. Franchisee will notify the telephone company and all telephone directory publishers of the expiration or termination of Franchisee's right to use any telephone, telecopy, or other numbers and any telephone directory listings associated with any Mark, authorize the transfer of such numbers and directory listings to Franchisor in accordance with Exhibit G, or, at Franchisor's direction, instruct the telephone company to forward all calls made to Franchisee's telephone numbers to numbers Franchisor specifies.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 45–180)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Bumper Man FDD, upon termination or expiration of the franchise agreement, the franchisee is required to transfer or forward telephone numbers associated with the Bumper Man business to the franchisor. Specifically, the franchisee must notify the telephone company and directory publishers about the termination of their right to use any phone numbers linked to the Bumper Man brand.
At the franchisor's direction, the franchisee must authorize the transfer of these numbers and directory listings to Bumper Man, as detailed in Exhibit G of the Franchise Agreement. Alternatively, the franchisee may be instructed to have the telephone company forward all calls from the franchisee's numbers to a number specified by Bumper Man.
This obligation ensures that Bumper Man maintains control over its brand identity and customer communications even after a franchise agreement ends. For a prospective franchisee, this means that any phone numbers used for the Bumper Man business become the property of the franchisor upon termination or expiration of the agreement, and the franchisee will no longer have the right to use them.