Can a Dq Treat licensee register any internet domain name in connection with the Restaurant?
Dq_Treat Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
s an acknowledgment that the Restaurant is independently owned and operated by Licensee and the Trademarks are owned by Company and used by Licensee under a license issued by Company.
- 3.4 Restrictions on Internet and Website Use. Company retains the sole right to advertise the System on the internet and to create, operate, maintain and modify, or discontinue the use of, websites (including pages and profiles on social media websites) using the Trademarks. Licensee has the right to access Company's website. Except as Company may authorize in writing, however, Licensee will not: (1) link or frame Company's website; (2) conduct any business or offer to sell or advertise any products or services on the internet (or any other existing or future form of electronic communication); and (3) create or register any internet domain name in connection with the Restaurant. Licensee will not register, as internet domain names, any of the Trademarks now or hereafter owned by Company or any abbreviation,
- acronym or variation of the Trademarks, or any other name that could be deemed confusingly similar.
Source: Item 17 — The following paragraph is added to the end of Item 17 of the Disclosure Document: (FDD pages 70–378)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Dq Treat FDD, a licensee is generally prohibited from registering any internet domain name in connection with their restaurant. Dq Treat retains the sole right to advertise the System on the internet and to create, operate, maintain, modify, or discontinue websites using the Trademarks. The licensee does have the right to access Dq Treat's website.
However, there are some exceptions. A Dq Treat licensee may be authorized in writing by the company to link or frame Dq Treat's website, or to conduct business or offer to sell or advertise any products or services on the internet.
If a Dq Treat licensee owns or controls any domain name registrations in connection with the Restaurant or that include any of the Trademarks, the licensee agrees to promptly transfer ownership of such domain names to Dq Treat and execute any documents the domain name registry requires in connection with the transfer of these domain name registrations to Dq Treat.