Does Nothing Bundt Cakes have an obligation to establish and maintain a website for the System?
Nothing_Bundt_Cakes Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Website, Internet Presence and Intranet.
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- You must have and maintain adequate hardware and software in order to access the Internet at the bit speed we require from time to time. We have the right, but not the obligation, to establish and maintain a website that provides information about the System and the products and services offered by System franchises. We have sole discretion and control over our existing Website. We also have the right, but not the obligation, to create interior pages on our Website(s) that contain information about your Bakery and other Bakeries. If we do create such a page, we may require you to prepare all or a portion of the page for your Bakery, at your sole expense, and may require you to use a template that we provide. (Section 6.6 of the Franchise Agreement). We may use Marketing Production Fund contributions to pay or reimburse ourselves for the costs incurred in connection with the development, maintenance and update of our Website. (Section 6.6 of the Franchise Agreement).
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- You are prohibited from establishing or maintaining a separate website, or otherwise maintaining a splash page or other presence on the Internet through any current or future social networking or reviews site in connection with the operation of your Bakery, including without limitation, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Yelp, Trip Advisor, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Twitter and YouTube, that uses any variation of the Marks or references the System without our prior written permission. (Section 6.6 of the Franchise Agreement).
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- We have the right to modify our policies regarding both our and your use of Internet websites as we deem necessary or appropriate for the best interests of the System. (Section 6.6 of the Franchise Agreement). We are the registrant of the Website, and we or our affiliate will be the sole registrant of any other domain names we decide to register in connection with the System in the future. You are prohibited from registering any domain name that contains words used in, or similar to, any trademark or service mark owned or used by us or our affiliate, or any colorable variation thereof (including any abbreviation, acronym, phonetic variation or visual variation).
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 42–52)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Nothing Bundt Cakes Franchise Disclosure Document, Nothing Bundt Cakes has the right, but not the obligation, to establish and maintain a website that provides information about the Nothing Bundt Cakes system, products, and services offered by its franchises. Nothing Bundt Cakes also has sole discretion and control over its existing website. They also have the right, but not the obligation, to create interior pages on their website that contain information about a franchisee's specific bakery and other bakeries. If Nothing Bundt Cakes creates such a page, they may require the franchisee to prepare all or a portion of the page for their bakery, at the franchisee's sole expense, and may require the franchisee to use a template that Nothing Bundt Cakes provides.
Nothing Bundt Cakes may use Marketing Production Fund contributions to pay or reimburse themselves for the costs incurred in connection with the development, maintenance, and update of their website. However, franchisees are prohibited from establishing or maintaining a separate website, or otherwise maintaining a splash page or other presence on the Internet through any current or future social networking or reviews site in connection with the operation of their bakery, including without limitation, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Yelp, Trip Advisor, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Twitter and YouTube, that uses any variation of the Marks or references the System without Nothing Bundt Cakes' prior written permission.
Nothing Bundt Cakes has the right to modify its policies regarding both its and the franchisee's use of Internet websites as they deem necessary or appropriate for the best interests of the Nothing Bundt Cakes system. Nothing Bundt Cakes is the registrant of the website, and they or their affiliate will be the sole registrant of any other domain names they decide to register in connection with the system in the future. Franchisees are prohibited from registering any domain name that contains words used in, or similar to, any trademark or service mark owned or used by Nothing Bundt Cakes or its affiliate, or any colorable variation thereof (including any abbreviation, acronym, phonetic variation or visual variation).