Are there any restrictions on how I can use the Gold Star marks?

ts is not dependent upon the achievement of a certain sales volume, market penetration or other contingency.

Item 13

Trademarks

Gold Star licenses you to use Marks containing the words "Gold Star" and "Gold Star Chili," and any other current or future Marks that Gold Star authorizes in writing, to identify your Franchise business. The primary trademarks, names, symbols and logos currently licensed to you to identify your Franchise business are set forth in Exhibit A to the Franchise Agreement. The Marks may be used only in operating the Restaurant and only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Franchise Agreement and any other rules of Gold Star set forth in the Manual or otherwise. The Franchise Agreement and these other rules impose various restrictions on your use of the Marks.

In the United States, Gold Star has registered the following primary trademarks, names, symbols and logos with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the principal register:

| Mark | Registration No. | Date Registered | Status | |---|---|---|---| | | 1,338,458 | May 28, 1985 | Renewal due May 28, | | | | | 2035. | | | 1,870,700 | Dec. 27, 1994 | Renewal due June 27, | | | | | 2025. | | GOLD STAR | 1,960,628 | March 5, 1996 | Renewal due March 5, | | | | | 2026. | | | 5,673,572 | February 12, 2019 | Renewal due February | | | | | 12, 2029. | Gold Star is currently in the process of modernizing its trademarks and will be transitioning the System to use the marks in the chart below in the coming months and years. In the United States, Gold Star has filed "intent to use" applications with respect to these trademarks, names, symbols and logos with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with the intent of ultimately registering them on the principal register. With respect to these marks only, we do not have a federal registration for these marks. Therefore, these marks do not have many legal benefits and

rights as a federally registered trademark. If our right to use these marks are challenged, you may have to change to an alternative trademark, which may increase your expenses.

| Mark | Registration No. | Date Registered | Status | |---|---|---|---| | | 1,338,458 | May 28, 1985 | Renewal due May 29, | | | | | 2029. | | | 1,870,700 | Dec. 27, 1994 | Renewal due June 27, | | | | | 2025. | | GOLD STAR | 1,960,628 | March 5, 1996 | Renewal due March 5, | | | | | 2026. | | GOLD STAR GRILL | 3,099,303 | May 30, 2006 | Renewal due May 30, | | | | | 2026. | | | 3,239,238 | May 08, 2007 | Renewal due May 8, | | | | | 2027. | | | 5,673,572 | February 12, 2019 | Renewal due February | | | | | 12, 2029. | | | 5,808,115 | July 16, 2019 | Affidavit of Use due | | | | | July 16, 2029. | | | 6,364,766 | May 25, 2021 | Affidavit of Use due | | | | | May 25, 2027. | There are no currently effective material determinations of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, trademark trial and appeal board, the trademark administrator of this state or any court, and there are no pending infringement, opposition or cancellation proceedings, nor any pending material litigation, involving the primary trademarks, service marks, names, logos and symbols licensed to, and to be used by, you to identify the Franchise business.

There are no agreements currently in effect that significantly limit the rights of Gold Star to use or license the use of the primary trademarks, service marks, names, logos and symbols licensed to, and to be used by, you to identify the Franchise business, in any manner material to the Franchise.

Source: Item 13 — Trademarks (FDD pages 37–40)