Is using the Floors To Go Marks for any business other than the FTG System allowed?
Floors_To_Go Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 4.2.
Use of the FTG Marks and Names.
You shall confine your use of the FTG Marks to the sale of products and services authorized by us, unless otherwise approved in writing.
You shall use the FTG Marks only in connection with the FTG System, and such use is specifically limited to your operation within Your Territory.
Use of the FTG Marks or reference to your FTG location for any other business, event, or purpose is strictly prohibited, except with our prior written consent.
If you or an affiliate of yours owns or operates an Abbey Carpet Showroom or a The Floor Club Showroom, you are expressly prohibited from using the Abbey Carpet name, marks or business address or The Floor Club name, marks or business address in any FTG advertisement or other form of publicity, which may include newspaper and radio advertisements, signs, billboards, flyers, coupons or similar items.
You specifically acknowledge and agree that you are not permitted to use our corporate name or trade names or the FTG Marks, or any colorable imitations of those FTG Marks, for identifying, referencing, linking or otherwise connecting to any Internet Web Site or Domain Name other than those Internet Web Sites and Domain Names as are presently, or may be subsequently, owned by or registered to us.
You further acknowledge and agree that you shall not be permitted to use or assist others, in any manner whatsoever, with using the FTG Marks or our corporate name, trade names, trade symbols, logos, emblems, slogans or designs, in whole or in part, to offer or sell any floor covering or window treatment products on or through any Internet Web Site or Domain Name.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 47–204)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Floors To Go FDD, franchisees are generally prohibited from using the Floors To Go marks for any business, event, or purpose outside of the FTG System without prior written consent from Floors To Go. The FDD emphasizes that the use of FTG Marks is specifically limited to the franchisee's operation within their designated territory. This restriction extends to advertising and publicity, explicitly forbidding the use of the Abbey Carpet or The Floor Club names, marks, or business addresses in any Floors To Go advertising if the franchisee or an affiliate owns or operates those showrooms.
Floors To Go franchisees are also restricted from using the Floors To Go corporate name, trade names, or marks to connect to any internet website or domain name other than those owned or registered by Floors To Go. Furthermore, franchisees cannot assist others in using the FTG Marks to offer or sell floor covering or window treatment products through any internet website or domain name.
Upon termination of the franchise agreement, the franchisee must immediately cease using the Floors To Go name and any related forms, slogans, signs, marks, symbols, and devices. They must also cancel any assumed name registrations containing the Floors To Go name or trademarks. These measures ensure that the franchisee does not continue to benefit from the Floors To Go brand after the agreement ends and that the public is not misled into thinking there is still an affiliation.