When did J&J's assign the System to Creative Colors?
Creative_Colors Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You will specialize in promoting and providing services for the repair, coloring, cleaning, protection and restoration of leather, cloth, vinyl, velour, plastics and other upholstery surfaces, upholstering furniture, booths, tables and similar items, and related services on a mobile basis ("Services"), primarily to commercial customers. You will use a unique system ("System"), developed by J&J's and assigned to us on May 15, 2020. The System includes exclusively designed signage, equipment, solvents, chemicals and materials; specially equipped mobile units; procedures and techniques for providing upholstery repair, coloring, cleaning, protection and restoration and related services; upholstering methods, materials, and techniques; our Confidential Operations Manual, Sales & Marketing Manual, Training Manual, and SDS Manual; Proprietary Products (see Item 8 for a description); uniform operating methods, procedures and techniques; other confidential operations procedures; methods and techniques for
Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD pages 35–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Creative Colors' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, J&J's Creative Colors, Inc. assigned the System to Creative Colors International, Inc. on May 15, 2020. The System includes exclusively designed signage, equipment, solvents, chemicals and materials; specially equipped mobile units; procedures and techniques for providing upholstery repair, coloring, cleaning, protection and restoration and related services; upholstering methods, materials, and techniques; the Confidential Operations Manual, Sales & Marketing Manual, Training Manual, and SDS Manual; Proprietary Products; uniform operating methods, procedures and techniques; other confidential operations procedures; methods and techniques for inventory and cost controls, record keeping and reporting, personnel management, purchasing, sales promotion, marketing and advertising.
This means that Creative Colors franchisees will utilize a system that was originally developed and owned by J&J's Creative Colors, Inc. before being transferred to Creative Colors. The System is a critical component of the Creative Colors franchise, encompassing the methods, materials, and knowledge necessary to operate the business.
The assignment of the System ensures that Creative Colors has the legal right to provide franchisees with the tools and knowledge needed to deliver the services. This also means that Creative Colors has the right to modify and improve the system. As a prospective franchisee, it is important to understand the components of the System and how it contributes to the success of the franchise.