Does Healthsource Chiropractic own any rights in or licenses to any patents material to the franchise?
Healthsource_Chiropractic Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Except as provided in this item, you do not receive the right to use an item covered by a registered patent or copyright, but you can use the proprietary information in our Operations Manual. See Item 11 for additional information about our Operations Manual. We do not own any rights in or licenses to any patents or have any pending patent applications that are material to the franchise. On October 22, 2007, we registered a copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office for an advertisement entitled "How 5 Lies About Low Back Pain Will Keep You Hurting, Frustrated, & Exhausted…Forever!", Registration No. TX0006911243, which we anticipate will remain registered for a period of 95 years and will not be permitted to be renewed. Although we have not filed an application for copyright registration of our Operations Manual or other copyrighted or copyrightable materials and items, we claim copyright protection in them, and they are proprietary. We do not have any obligation to take action for unauthorized uses of the information in our Operations Manual or other copyrighted item, but we intend to do so in circumstances we deem appropriate. We do not have to indemnify you for losses brought by a third party concerning your use of this information, but intend to do so under circumstances we deem appropriate. Unless otherwise provided in this Item 14, we are not aware of any other material infringing uses of this information. There are no agreements in effect affecting or limiting our right to use this information. There are no material determinations of, or proceedings in, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or a court concerning any patent or copyright owned by us.
Source: Item 14 — Patents, Copyrights, and Proprietary Information (FDD pages 50–51)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Healthsource Chiropractic's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Healthsource Chiropractic does not own any rights in or licenses to any patents, nor do they have any pending patent applications that are material to the franchise. However, Healthsource Chiropractic does have a registered copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office for an advertisement entitled "How 5 Lies About Low Back Pain Will Keep You Hurting, Frustrated, & Exhausted…Forever!", Registration No. TX0006911243, registered on October 22, 2007. This copyright is anticipated to remain registered for 95 years and will not be permitted to be renewed.
Healthsource Chiropractic also claims copyright protection on its Operations Manual and other copyrighted materials, even though they have not filed for copyright registration for these items. These items are considered proprietary. Healthsource Chiropractic does not have an obligation to take action against unauthorized uses of the information in the Operations Manual or other copyrighted items, but they intend to do so in circumstances they deem appropriate.
Healthsource Chiropractic is not required to indemnify franchisees for losses brought by a third party concerning the use of this information, but they intend to do so under circumstances they deem appropriate. The FDD states that Healthsource Chiropractic is not aware of any other material infringing uses of this information, and there are no agreements in effect affecting or limiting their right to use this information. Additionally, there are no material determinations of, or proceedings in, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, or a court concerning any patent or copyright owned by Healthsource Chiropractic.