What items does Clean Your Dirty Face claim copyrights in?
Clean_Your_Dirty_Face Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
se of any proceeding from your use of any Mark under the Franchise Agreement.
Item 14 PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
No patents are material to the franchise. We do not have any pending patent applications that are material to the franchise. We and/or our affiliates claim copyrights in the Operations Manual (which contains our trade secrets), handbooks, all Franchise System Websites, advertising and marketing materials, all or part of the Marks, and other portions of the Franchise System and other similar materials used in operating CYDF Facial Bars. We have not registered these copyrights with the United States Registrar of Copyrights but need not do so at this time to protect them. You may use these items only as we specify while operating your CYDF Facial Bar (and must stop using them if we so direct you).
There currently are no effective adverse determinations of the United States Copyright Office (Library of Congress) or any court regarding the copyrighted materials. No agreement limits our right to use or allow others to use the Confidential Information (defined below) or copyrighted materials. We know of no infringing uses of our copyrights which could materially affect your using the copyrighted materials in any state. We need not protect or defend our copyrights, although we intend to do so if we determine that it is in the Franchise System's best interests. We may control any action involving the copyrights, even if you voluntarily bring the matter to our attention. We neither need to participate in your defense nor indemnify you for damages or expenses in a proceeding involving a copyright.
Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD pages 42–43)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Clean Your Dirty Face's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company and its affiliates claim copyrights in several items related to the franchise system. These include the Operations Manual (which contains their trade secrets), handbooks, all Franchise System Websites, advertising and marketing materials, all or part of the Marks, and other similar materials used in operating CYDF Facial Bars.
While Clean Your Dirty Face has not registered these copyrights with the United States Registrar of Copyrights, they assert that registration is not currently necessary to protect their rights. Franchisees are permitted to use these copyrighted items only as specified by Clean Your Dirty Face while operating their CYDF Facial Bar, and they must cease using them if directed to do so by the franchisor.
The FDD states that there are no current adverse determinations from the United States Copyright Office or any court regarding these copyrighted materials, and no agreements limit Clean Your Dirty Face's right to use or allow others to use the confidential information or copyrighted materials. Clean Your Dirty Face states they are not aware of any infringing uses of their copyrights that could materially affect a franchisee's use of the copyrighted materials. While Clean Your Dirty Face is not obligated to protect or defend their copyrights, they intend to do so if they determine it is in the best interests of the Franchise System. They retain control over any action involving the copyrights, and franchisees are not entitled to participate in the defense or be indemnified for damages or expenses in a copyright proceeding.