Does Caption By Hyatt register its Copyrighted Materials with the United States Copyright Office?
Caption_By_Hyatt Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We and our affiliates claim copyright protection for the Copyrighted Materials. We have not registered these
Copyrighted Materials with the United States Copyright Office but need not do so at this time in order to protect them. You must follow our rules when using the Copyrighted Materials. You may use the Copyrighted Materials only as we specify to operate the Hotel under the Franchise Agreement.
You must notify us immediately of any apparent infringement or challenge to your use of any Copyrighted Materials or Confidential Information, or of any person's claim of any rights in any Copyrighted Materials or Confidential Information, and not communicate with any person other than us, our affiliates, and our and their attorneys, and your attorneys, regarding any infringement, challenge, or claim. We and our affiliates may take the action we and they deem appropriate (including no action) and control exclusively any litigation or administrative proceeding arising from any infringement, challenge, or claim or otherwise concerning any Copyrighted Materials or Confidential Information. You must sign any documents and take any other reasonable actions that, in the opinion of our and our affiliates' attorneys, are necessary or advisable to protect and maintain our and our affiliates' interests in any litigation or other proceeding or otherwise to protect and maintain our and our affiliates' interests in the Copyrighted Materials and Confidential Information. We will reimburse your reasonable out-of-pocket costs for taking any requested action. We need not participate in your defense nor indemnify you for damages and expenses you incur if you are a party to any administrative or judicial proceeding involving any Copyrighted Materials or if the proceeding is resolved unfavorably to you.
If it becomes advisable at any time in our sole judgment for you to modify or discontinue using any of the Copyrighted Materials and/or for you to use one or more additional or substitute copyrighted or copyrightable items, you must immediately comply with our directions.
Source: Item 14 — Patents, Copyrights, and Proprietary Information (FDD pages 68–71)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Caption By Hyatt Franchise Disclosure Document, Caption By Hyatt and its affiliates claim copyright protection for their Copyrighted Materials. However, Caption By Hyatt has not registered these Copyrighted Materials with the United States Copyright Office, though they state that they are not required to do so at this time to protect them. As a franchisee, you are obligated to adhere to Caption By Hyatt's rules when using these Copyrighted Materials and can only use them as specified in the Franchise Agreement to operate the hotel.
As a Caption By Hyatt franchisee, you must immediately inform Caption By Hyatt of any potential infringement or challenges to your use of Copyrighted Materials or Confidential Information. You are not allowed to communicate with anyone other than Caption By Hyatt, its affiliates, their attorneys, and your own attorneys regarding any infringement, challenge, or claim. Caption By Hyatt and its affiliates have the right to take any action they deem appropriate, including no action, and will exclusively control any litigation or administrative proceedings related to infringement, challenge, or claim concerning the Copyrighted Materials or Confidential Information.
You are required to sign any documents and take any reasonable actions necessary to protect Caption By Hyatt's interests in any litigation or proceeding, and Caption By Hyatt will reimburse your reasonable out-of-pocket costs for taking such actions. However, Caption By Hyatt is not obligated to participate in your defense or indemnify you for damages and expenses if you are involved in any administrative or judicial proceeding related to the Copyrighted Materials or if the proceeding is resolved unfavorably to you. If Caption By Hyatt deems it advisable for you to modify or discontinue using any of the Copyrighted Materials, or to use additional or substitute copyrighted items, you must immediately comply with their directions.