10/14/2026
Somebody wants to open a second location using your name and your system. You write it up as a license, take a fee, and it feels straightforward. You may have just sold a franchise without knowing it.
What you titled the document doesn't decide it. License your trademark, provide significant control or assistance, and collect a required fee, and you are generally a franchisor. That means a formal disclosure document before anything is signed, and getting it wrong can mean the deal gets unwound.
Attorney Lorri Lomnitzer explains how to get the structure right before the first location signs.
Questions? Contact The Lomnitzer Law Firm, P.A.: https://www.lomnitzerlaw.com