Does Remax have any obligation to keep submissions confidential or attribute them to the submitter under the Remax Idea Submission Policy?
Remax Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If You submit, through MAX/Center (including through the RE/MAX Idea Portal or any other product or service accessible in MAX/Center), any unsolicited or solicited ideas, proposals, suggestions, works, or similar submissions, including any recommendations or ideas for marketing and advertising, services, products, technology, product improvements or enhancements or other content (collectively referred to as "Submissions"), the following terms apply to Your Submissions, regardless of whether Your communication or Submission contains other terms. You agree that: (a) Your Submissions, including any related intellectual property rights, will become Our property automatically when You submit them to Us, and without any compensation to You; (b) We are not restricted in Our use of the Submissions and may use them in any way, including giving them to others; and (c) there is no obligations to keep Submissions confidential or to attribute them to You in any way.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 108–334)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Remax's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Remax is not obligated to keep idea submissions confidential or attribute them to the submitter. The FDD outlines the terms of the Idea Submission Policy, stating that any ideas, proposals, suggestions, or similar submissions made through MAX/Center, including the RE/MAX Idea Portal, become the property of Remax automatically upon submission.
This means that Remax has unrestricted use of these submissions and can use them in any way without compensating the submitter. This includes the right to share the submissions with others. The policy explicitly states that Remax has no obligation to keep submissions confidential or to give credit to the submitter in any manner.
For a prospective Remax franchisee, this policy means that any ideas submitted to Remax through official channels become the property of Remax, and the franchisee relinquishes all rights to those ideas without any expectation of confidentiality or attribution. Franchisees should be aware of this policy before submitting any potentially valuable ideas through MAX/Center.