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Check each essential component
A training package might contain a staff-written manual, commissioned videos and a supplier’s platform. Ownership of the manual does not establish permission for every component.
Check who owns each important part and whether the permission covers the proposed U.S. operators, use, territory and duration. A supplier licence can have different limits from material your business created.
Explain material rights and restrictions
The item addresses material patent/copyright rights and applications, relevant limits or proceedings, protection obligations and the general nature of confidential proprietary information. The complete prescribed item supplies its required detail.
An intellectual-property permission does not settle independent customer-data or privacy duties. Keep that separate question with the actual information being shared.
Scope
- This explains the selected federal disclosure item. State and territorial requirements and the terms of the particular offer remain separate.
Next step
Check that the rights behind the actual training and systems package cover the operator use you propose to sell.
Sources & review notes
Federal Franchise Rule
FTC overview · Compliance Guide · Guide PDF · Current regulation
Federal Trade Commission
Passage, dates and research notes
primary · Item 14: Patents, copyrights and proprietary information
If the franchisor claims proprietary rights in other confidential information or trade secrets
Current substantive item read in full from current eCFR. This guide explains selected management implications; it is not a substitute for all prescribed disclosure text.
Federal Trade Commission
Passage, dates and research notes
primary · section-436.6
Respond fully to each disclosure Item.
Current eCFR displayed through 2026-11-09; eCFR is authoritative but not the official legal edition.
Detailed rule records (1)
Item 14 addresses material patent and copyright rights and applications, relevant limits or proceedings and protection obligations; it also describes the general nature of confidential proprietary information. Owning a manual is not the same as owning every embedded software or customer-data right.
16 CFR §436.5(n): FDD Item 14Keep this reading in your learning library.
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