Is there any pending litigation regarding Zoomin Groomin's copyrighted materials?
Zoomin_Groomin Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
There are no currently effective determinations of the U.S. Copyright Office or any court or any pending litigation or other proceedings regarding any copyrighted materials. No agreement limits our rights to use or allow others to use the copyrighted materials.
We do not have an obligation in the Franchise Agreement to protect our copyrights, but we intend to do so. We will remain in control of any such litigation. We are not required to participate in the defense of you or indemnify you for expenses or damages in a proceeding involving a copyright licensed to you. We may modify or change the copyrighted materials and compel you to accept and adopt such modifications or changes at your expense. We know of no superior rights or infringing uses that could materially affect your use of the copyrighted materials.
We claim proprietary rights in our Operations Manual and business methods. You must use these items per the terms of your Franchise Agreement. We consider all of these items confidential and proprietary.
You will not directly or indirectly disclose, publish, disseminate or use our "Confidential Information" except as authorized in the Franchise Agreement. You may use our Confidential Information to perform your obligations under the Franchise Agreement, but in doing so you will only allow dissemination of our Confidential Information on a need-to-know basis and only to those individuals that have been informed of the proprietary and confidential nature of such Confidential Information. We may share performance data of your Franchised Business between us, our employees and affiliates, our franchisees and their employees. You agree to keep such performance data confidential.
Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD pages 36–37)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Zoomin Groomin's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, there are currently no pending litigations or other proceedings regarding any copyrighted materials. Zoomin Groomin claims a copyright in their Operations Manual, marketing material such as their website text, and other printed material, although they have not presently filed a registration of those copyrights. Furthermore, no agreement limits Zoomin Groomin's rights to use or allow others to use the copyrighted materials.
Zoomin Groomin does not have an obligation in the Franchise Agreement to protect their copyrights, but they intend to do so and will remain in control of any such litigation. However, Zoomin Groomin is not required to participate in the defense of the franchisee or indemnify them for expenses or damages in a proceeding involving a copyright licensed to the franchisee. Zoomin Groomin may modify or change the copyrighted materials and compel the franchisee to accept and adopt such modifications or changes at the franchisee's expense.
Zoomin Groomin also claims proprietary rights in their Operations Manual and business methods, which the franchisee must use per the terms of the Franchise Agreement. All of these items are considered confidential and proprietary. The franchisee is prohibited from directly or indirectly disclosing, publishing, disseminating, or using Zoomin Groomin's Confidential Information except as authorized in the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees may use Zoomin Groomin's Confidential Information to perform their obligations under the Franchise Agreement, but only on a need-to-know basis to individuals informed of its proprietary and confidential nature.