APPENDIX C Types of Franchise Relationship Laws

• Author: Barkoff, Rupert M., Selden, Andrew C.
• Pages: 327-328

Appendix E: Procedural Requirements for Termination and Nonrenewal 327

APPENDIX C

Types of Franchise Relationship Laws

(as of June 1, 2004)

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Marketing Part of Separate

Trademark Plan/Community Disclosure Disclosure

License of Interest Fee Law Law

Arkansas ✓

California M ✓✓*

Connecticut M

Delaware ✓

Hawaii ✓C✓✓

Illinois M ✓✓

Indiana M ✓✓

Iowa M ✓

Michigan M ✓✓

Minnesota C ✓✓

Mississippi ✓C✓

Missouri ✓C

Nebraska ✓C✓

New Jersey ✓C✓

Virginia M ✓

Washington ✓M✓✓

Wisconsin C ✓

M = Marketing plan definition of “franchise.”

C = Community of interest definition of “franchise.”

* Same definition as in Franchise Investment Law.

This chart shows which franchise relationship laws include in their definition of a

“franchise” a trademark license, a marketing plan or community of interest, and a fee.

It also shows which states regulate the relationship between franchisors and franchi-

sees as part of their registration and disclosure laws, using the same definition of a

“franchise” for both purposes, and which ones have separate registration and disclo-

sure laws.