Does Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant have any patents associated with its franchise?
Golden_Krust_Caribbean_Restaurant Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
There are no patents associated with this franchise.
We claim copyrights in the Brand Standards Manual, advertising materials, and related items used in operating the franchise. These copyrights have not been registered with the United States Register of Copyrights.
The Brand Standards Manual, which is described in Item 11, and other materials Golden Krust possesses contain Golden Krust's confidential information. This information includes site selection criteria, recipes, methods, formats, specifications, standards, systems, procedures, sales and marketing techniques, and knowledge of experience in developing and operating Golden Krust Restaurants.
All ideas, concepts, techniques, materials, or methods relating to Golden Krust Restaurants, 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. Any intellectual property derived from these concepts, techniques, materials, or methods will be considered to be works made for hire for us. You must assign to us all rights in any intellectual property derived from concepts, techniques, materials or methods developed within the scope of operating the Golden Krust Restaurants.
You may not use our confidential information in an unauthorized manner and must take reasonable steps to prevent its disclosure to others.
There currently are no effective determinations by the Copyright Office or by any court regarding the copyright in franchise materials. Furthermore, there are no agreements in place that limit our rights to use or authorize you to use the copy righted materials. Furthermore, there are no infringing uses actually known to us which could materially affect your use of the copyrighted materials in any state.
We are not required by an agreement to protect or defend its copyrights or confidential information, although we intend to do so when this action is in the best interests of the System.
Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD pages 25–26)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to the 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, there are no patents associated with the Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant franchise. However, Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant does claim copyrights in its Brand Standards Manual, advertising materials, and related items, although these copyrights have not been registered with the United States Register of Copyrights.
Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant's Brand Standards Manual and other materials contain confidential information, including site selection criteria, recipes, methods, formats, specifications, standards, systems, procedures, sales and marketing techniques, and knowledge related to the development and operation of Golden Krust Restaurants. Franchisees are required to disclose any ideas, concepts, techniques, materials, or methods relating to Golden Krust Restaurants, and any intellectual property derived from these must be assigned to Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant.
Franchisees are prohibited from using Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant's confidential information in an unauthorized manner and must take steps to prevent its disclosure. While there are no current determinations by the Copyright Office or any court regarding the copyright in franchise materials, and no agreements limiting the use of copyrighted materials, Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant intends to protect its copyrights and confidential information when it is in the best interests of the system, although they are not obligated to do so.