Does Creative World School have any pending patent applications material to the franchise?
Creative_World_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
There are no patents, pending patent applications, or registered copyrights that are material to the franchise.
We claim copyrights in the Manuals, the building design, the interior decor and the curricular lesson plans, "Art" (paintings, pictures, photographs, murals, drawings, sculptures and other forms of art we designate), learning systems, menus, advertising materials and related items used in operating the franchise. These copyrights have not been registered with the United States Registrar of Copyrights.
The Manuals and other materials we possess contain our confidential information. This information includes site selection criteria; curricular, lesson plans, educational programs and standards; methods, formats, specifications, standards, systems, procedures and sales and marketing techniques used, and knowledge of and experience, in developing and operating Schools; marketing and advertising programs for Schools; knowledge of specifications for and suppliers of certain fixtures, furnishings, equipment, products, materials and supplies; and knowledge of the operating results and financial performance of Schools other than your School.
All ideas, concepts, techniques, lesson plans, Art, curricular or materials relating to a School (including architectural layouts, designs, plans and decor), whether or not constituting protectable intellectual property, and whether created by or on behalf of you or your owners, must be promptly disclosed to us, will be considered our property and part of our franchise system and will be considered to be works made-for-hire for us. You and your owners must sign whatever documents we request to evidence our ownership or to assist us in securing intellectual property rights in such Art, ideas, concepts, techniques or materials.
You may not use our confidential information in an unauthorized manner and must take reasonable steps to prevent its disclosure to others. We may require your employees to sign our then current form of nondisclosure and noncompetition agreement.
Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD pages 50–51)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Creative World School FDD, there are no pending patent applications that are material to the franchise. However, Creative World School does claim copyrights in its manuals, building design, interior decor, curricular lesson plans, art, learning systems, menus, and advertising materials. These copyrights have not been registered with the United States Registrar of Copyrights.
Creative World School also considers its confidential information to include site selection criteria, curricular and lesson plans, educational programs and standards, methods, formats, specifications, standards, systems, procedures, sales and marketing techniques, marketing and advertising programs, knowledge of specifications for certain fixtures, furnishings, equipment, products, materials and supplies, and knowledge of the operating results and financial performance of schools other than the franchisee's school.
Creative World School requires that all ideas, concepts, techniques, lesson plans, art, curricular or materials relating to a school, including architectural layouts, designs, plans and decor, whether or not constituting protectable intellectual property, and whether created by or on behalf of the franchisee or its owners, must be promptly disclosed to Creative World School. These will be considered Creative World School's property and part of its franchise system and will be considered to be works made-for-hire for Creative World School. Franchisees and their owners must sign documents to evidence Creative World School's ownership or to assist Creative World School in securing intellectual property rights in such art, ideas, concepts, techniques or materials.
Creative World School franchisees may not use Creative World School's confidential information in an unauthorized manner and must take reasonable steps to prevent its disclosure to others. Creative World School may require franchisees' employees to sign Creative World School's then current form of nondisclosure and noncompetition agreement.