Franchise Management: Navigating Franchise Law Proceed to Purchase
This course is self-paced, with about 8-10 hours of work that you can complete at any time during the week, including blog entries, quizzes, and interaction with other professionals.
Note: a minimum enrollment of 10 must be reached in order for the program to run.
This course is week 2 of the Online Franchise Management Bootcamp.
Gain exposure to the legal and regulatory concepts fundamental to franchising. Coverage focuses on contract and trademark issues in franchising, including: formation of franchise contracts; good faith performance, breach, termination, renewal and assignment; trademark creation, protection and infringement; remedies; and antitrust and trade secret disputes.
Note: a minimum enrollment of 10 must be reached in order for the program to run.
This course is week 2 of the Online Franchise Management Bootcamp.
Gain exposure to the legal and regulatory concepts fundamental to franchising. Coverage focuses on contract and trademark issues in franchising, including: formation of franchise contracts; good faith performance, breach, termination, renewal and assignment; trademark creation, protection and infringement; remedies; and antitrust and trade secret disputes.
- Identify which laws and regulations govern franchising operations and sales.
- Point to which sections of a Federal Disclosure Document cover important business and financial issues.
- Describe the franchise sales and disclosure requirements and restrictions.
- List the elements of a contract and some contract law basics that may apply in the relationship with franchisors, franchisees, and vendors.
- Recognize, recall, explain and analyze the rules, key doctrinal concepts and underlying rationale of trademark law.
- Identify key terms in a franchising agreement, and the impact of those terms on the operation of a franchise; articulate the areas where a franchisee has some ability to negotiate the terms of a franchise agreement.
- Determine the which states have franchise relationship laws and the scope of such laws, and describe how they apply to the franchise relationship.
- Explain how franchisee associations fit into a franchise system, and why a franchisee would choose to join such an organization.
- Determine the standards for when a default has occurred under the franchise agreement and the effect, ramifications, and steps to be taken.
- Identify the common claims which are based on the franchise relationship, including, for example, claims based upon state "little FTC acts."
- Identify some common issues in franchise systems that may result in disputes, and how such disputes can be resolved.
Available Sessions
Inquire about upcoming sessions at ExecEd@louisville.edu.