ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY,
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1.7 Cold Stone Franchisee
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1.8 Cold Stone Operating Manual
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1.11 Confidential Information
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1.14 Dispute Resolution Committee
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1.19 Intellectual Property Rights
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1.21 Joint Operating Manual
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1.26 Premises Specifications
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1.30 RMCF Operating Manual
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2. TERM AND RIGHTS GRANTED
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2.3 Amendment to Franchise Agreement
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3.1 Grant of Rights for Co-Branded
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3.2 Approval of Locations for Co-Branded
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3.4 Development of Premises
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3.5 Equipment and Inventory
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5.1 Operational Oversight
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5.2 Approval of Vendors and Suppliers
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5.3 Compliance with System and Conflict of
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6.1 Advertising and Marketing Materials Prepared
by Cold Stone
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6.2 Advertising and Marketing by Cold Stone
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7. ROYALTY PAYMENTS; SALES
REPORTS
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7.5 Amounts Exclusive of Taxes
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7.9 Indemnification for Sharing of
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8.1 Master License Agreement
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9. DEFAULT AND TERMINATION
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10.1 Store Level Operational Dispute Resolution
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11. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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11.1 Cold Stone Representations, Warranties and
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11.2 RMCF Representations, Warranties and
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11.3 Survival of Representations, Warranties and
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12.3 Limitation of Liability
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12.4 Waiver and Severability
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12.9 Reasonable Cooperation and
Assistance
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12.14 Receipt of Disclosure
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12.16 Limited Right of Set-Off
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12.19 Remedies Cumulative
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12.20 Amendment and Supplement
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12.21 Execution of Agreement
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Schedule A: -List of Pre-Approved locations
for Co-Branded Stores
Schedule B: -Amendment to Cols Stone Franchise Agreement
Schedule C: -Sales Report
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This
Agreement dated the 17th of August, 2009.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY,
INC.
WHEREAS,
RMCF franchises gourmet chocolate and confections stores and
manufactures an extensive line of premium chocolates and other
confectionery products under the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
E: name and associated trademarks and service marks; and
WHEREAS,
Cold Stone owns, operates and has developed a system for the sale
of ice cream, frozen yogurt, cakes, pies, smoothies, shakes,
specialty beverage products and other frozen dessert products under
the Cold Stone Creamery ® name and associated trademarks and service
marks; and
WHEREAS,
Cold Stone and RMCF are desirous of co-branding together to permit
Cold Stone stores to be developed or modified to offer the RMCF
brand and RMCF has agreed to license its respective trademarks as
more particularly described in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
Except as otherwise provided herein, the following terms shall have
the meanings set forth below:
“AD”
means a Cold Stone Area Developer
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“Affiliate”
means any corporation, company or entity that controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with either Cold Stone or
RMCF, as the context indicates.
“Amendment”
means that certain amendment to the Franchise Agreement executed by
a Cold Stone Franchisee in order to offer the Services and operate
a RMCF Business at the Premises. The form Amendment to a Cold Stone
Franchisee’s Franchise Agreement is attached hereto as
Schedule B .
“Co-Branded
Store” means a combined RMCF/Cold Stone store open for
business to the public and may be either a Converted Store or a
Greenfield Store.
“Cold
Stone” means Kahala Franchise Corp., a Delaware
corporation.
“Cold Stone
Business” means the business operated by Cold Stone (or its
duly authorized affiliate, franchisee, licensee or sublicensee) at
the Premises within which the RMCF Business is to be operated by
Cold Stone or a Cold Stone Franchisee.
1.7 Cold Stone
Franchisee
“Cold Stone
Franchisee” means a franchisee who has entered into a
franchise agreement with Cold Stone, and an Amendment pursuant to
which the franchisee was granted the right to operate a Co-Branded
Store at the Premises. Cold Stone Franchisee may include, without
limitation, Cold Stone or its respective Affiliates, acting as the
owner/operator or licensee of a Co-Branded Store.
1.8 Cold Stone
Operating Manual
“Cold Stone
Operating Manual” means the Operating Manual utilized by Cold
Stone in the capacity as Franchisor, as amended from time to time,
provided to each Cold Stone Franchisee as part of their operation
of the Cold Stone Business.
“Cold Stone
System” is the system developed by Cold Stone, or its
affiliate, for the sale of ice cream, frozen yogurt, cakes, pies,
smoothies, shakes, specialty beverage products and other frozen
dessert products under the Cold Stone Creamery
® name and associated trademarks and service
marks.
“Commencement
Date” means the date upon which both parties have executed
this Agreement.
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Confidential Information
“Confidential
Information” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5.3.
“Converted
Store” means a store which was initially opened as a Cold
Stone store, but which is subsequently renovated pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement to sell the RMCF Products and which
following such conversion may also be referred to herein as a
Co-Branded Store.
“Dispute”
means any dispute or question that arises during the term of this
Agreement between the parties concerning the manner in which to
resolve a perceived operational default by a Cold Stone
Franchisee.
1.14 Dispute
Resolution Committee
“Dispute
Resolution Committee” means Cold Stone’s Chief
Operating Officer or such other senior operations manager of Cold
Stone designated by Cold Stone from time to time to serve in such
capacity and RMCF’s Chief Operating Officer or such other
senior operations manager of RMCF designated by RMCF from time to
time to serve in such capacity.
“Equipment”
means the System standard fixtures, furnishings, equipment,
smallwares and signage required to commence operation of the RMCF
Business.
“Franchise
Agreement” means that certain franchise agreement between
Cold Stone and a Cold Stone Franchisee regarding the operation of
the Cold Stone Business at the Premises.
“Greenfield
Store” means a store which pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement is developed and constructed to include both RMCF and
Cold Stone products and which opens and operates as a Co-Branded
Store from its first date of operation.
“Information”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.3.
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Intellectual Property Rights
“Intellectual
Property Rights” means: (a) any and all proprietary
rights provided under: (1) patent law; (2) copyright law;
(3) trade-mark law; (4) design patent or industrial
design law; and (5) any other statutory provision or common
law principle applicable to this Agreement, including trade secret
law, which may provide a right in either ideas, formulae,
algorithms, concepts, inventions or know-how generally, or the
expression or use of such ideas, formulae, algorithms, concepts,
inventions or know-how; and (b) any and all applications,
registrations, licenses, sublicenses, agreements or any other
evidence of a right in any of the foregoing.
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“Inventory”
means any and all ongoing inventory required to offer and sell the
Services in accordance with the RMCF Operating Manual as may be
adapted by the consent of both parties for particular
Premises.
1.21 Joint
Operating Manual
“Joint
Operating Manual” means all books, bulletins, notices,
correspondence, training sessions, video or audio tapes, computer
media, web casts, online training modules or other materials
jointly prepared by or on behalf of Cold Stone and RMCF jointly for
use by the Cold Stone Franchisees, setting out information, advice,
standards, requirements, procedures, instructions or policies
relating to the offering, sale and performance of the Services.
Until such Joint Operating Manual is created, Cold Stone
Franchisees shall be required to operate the RMCF Business pursuant
to the guidelines set forth in the RMCF Operating
Manual.
“Marks”
means the trade-marks, trade names, design marks, service marks,
designs, logos, and/or brand names, domain names, and other
intellectual property, adopted by RMCF or Cold Stone in connection
with their respective Systems. For purposes of this Agreement, Cold
Stone’s Marks shall include those Marks listed in its current
Franchise Disclosure Document, which are incorporated herein by
reference, as such list may be amended from time to time.
RMCF’s Marks shall include those Marks listed in its current
Franchise Disclosure Document, which are incorporated herein by
reference, as such list may be amended from time to
time.
“Offending
Portion” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.4.
“Operational
Support” means collectively the AD, RDO and any RMCF
personnel providing training and operational support to the Cold
Stone Franchisee.
“Premises”
means the premises within which the Co-Branded Store is
located.
1.26 Premises
Specifications
“Premises
Specifications” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.
“RDO”
means a Cold Stone Regional Director of Operations.
“RMCF”
means Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., a Colorado
corporation.
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“RMCF
Business” means the business operated at the Premises by Cold
Stone, or its duly authorized affiliate, franchisee, licensee, or
sublicensee, pursuant to the RMCF System, the Amendment and in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
1.30 RMCF
Operating Manual
“RMCF
Operating Manual” means the Operating Manual utilized by RMCF
and as amended from time to time, provided to each Cold Stone
Franchisee as part of their operation of the RMCF Business or until
such time as the Joint Operating Manual has been prepared and
approved for use by Cold Stone Franchisees.
“RMCF
System” means the system developed by RMCF, or its affiliate,
for the sale of gourmet chocolate and confections and other
products under the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
® name and associated trademarks and service marks
and RMCF’ s proprietary methods of doing business.
“Sales
Report” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.7.
“Services”
means the RMCF program of services and products to be offered from
the Premises, as mutually agreed upon by the parties and will
include such chocolate, confections, foods, merchandise, supplies,
and other items sold, handled, used or otherwise offered by the
RMCF Business, as agreed upon between the parties and as permitted
by the Joint Operating Manual (if applicable).
“System”
means either the Cold Stone System or the RMCF System, as the case
may be.
“Term”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Transfer”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1
“UFDD”
shall mean the current standard franchise disclosure document
prepared in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission rules
regulating the offer and sale of franchises and used by the
respective parties or their Affiliates to offer
franchises.
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2. TERM AND
RIGHTS GRANTED
2.1.1 Subject to terms of this Agreement, RMCF grants to
Cold Stone, and its affiliates, the non-exclusive right during the
Term, and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the RMCF
Operating Manual (as amended from time to time) and the Joint
Operating Manual (as applicable) to operate the RMCF Business and
offer the Services or to allow its Cold Stone Franchisees to do the
same, using each of their Systems and Marks. Both parties hereby
acknowledge and agree that the grant herein is site specific,
non-exclusive, solely for use at the Premises, and that no
territory or other protected area is provided to either party or
the Cold Stone Franchisees by this Agreement. Cold Stone represents
to RMCF that it has full power and authority to bind Cold Stone
Creamery, Inc., which as of the Commencement Date of this Agreement
may be a party to certain Franchise Agreements, as if it were a
named party herein.
2.2.1 RMCF grants to Cold Stone an irrevocable (subject to
the termination provisions contained in this Agreement)
non-exclusive, non-transferable (save in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8 of this Agreement) license to use the
Marks, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the RMCF
Operating Manual (as amended from time to time), and the Joint
Operating Manual (as applicable), solely in connection with the
sale and performance of the Services. Subject to this limited
license, neither party shall have any right, title or interest in
the Marks of the other party. Neither party may use the Marks of
the other party in any manner calculated to represent that it is
the owner of the Marks of the party. Neither party will, during the
Term nor at any time thereafter, dispute or contest the validity or
enforceability of the Marks of the other party, attempt any
registration thereof, worldwide, or attempt to dilute the value of
any goodwill attaching to the Marks of the other party. Any
goodwill associated with the Marks shall belong exclusively to the
party that is the owner of the Marks. This grant includes the right
of Cold Stone to sublicense or otherwise grant to its respective
authorized Cold Stone Franchisee (and only to such person or
entity) the rights under this Agreement to operate the RMCF
Business at the Premises included in and subject to the sublicense,
provided that each party complies with all applicable laws and
further provided that RMCF has first approved the form of Amendment
to the Franchise Agreement to be executed between Cold Stone and a
Cold Stone Franchisee, and has otherwise provided the requisite
approvals for the Co-Branded Store.
2.3 Amendment
to Franchise Agreement
2.3.1. The parties hereto acknowledge that it is not
intended that RMCF shall be a franchisor with respect to a Cold
Stone Franchisee. It is the expectation of the parties that old
Stone shall, pursuant to its Franchise Agreement with its Cold
Stone Franchisee, sublicense the RMCF Business and enforce the
standards of the RMCF Business directly with its Cold Stone
Franchisee. In order to implement such agreement, the parties shall
cooperate from time to time to amend the form of amendment to
franchise agreement that Cold Stone will use with its Cold Stone
Franchisees, a copy of the initial Amendment is attached hereto as
Schedule B . The parties further understand that in no
event shall the Cold Stone Franchisee receive any rights, license
or permission to operate the RMCF Business for a period greater
than the lesser of (i) the remaining term of the Cold Stone
Franchisee’s term under their Franchise Agreement plus
renewals or (ii) the Term of this Agreement, without the
express written consent of RMCF. In the event a Co-Branded Store is
operated by either party, or by an Affiliate of either party, no
Amendment will be required but the Co-Branded
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operated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the RMCF
Operating Manual (as amended from time to time) and the. Joint
Operating Manual (as applicable).
2.4.1. The Term of this Agreement will commence on the
Commencement Date and continue until the date upon which the last
Co-Branded Store ceases to be open for business pursuant to the
provisions of the Amendment.
3.1 Grant of
Rights for Co-Branded Stores
Cold Stone shall
offer the rights to execute the Amendment and develop or convert to
a Co-Branded Store, to the Cold Stone Franchisees whose locations
are listed on Schedule A , attached to this Agreement,
and to prospective Cold Stone Franchisees through inclusion of
informational disclosures regarding the RMCF Business, together
with the Amendment, in its Cold Stone UFDD, which shall be prepared
and used in a manner consistent with Cold Stone’s
representations, warranties and covenants contained in
Section 11.1.7.
3.2 Approval
of Locations for Co-Branded Stores
The parties agree
that only locations that have been approved by both parties may be
converted by Cold Stone to a Co-Branded Store or developed as a
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