In a typical franchise relationship, the franchisor provides its franchisees with the right to use its intellectual property, comprising:
the right to use know-how and trade...
Clients often enquire about the necessity of an intellectual property (IP) valuation as opposed to a standard accounting valuation. An IP valuation, unlike an accounting valuation, identifies, as a first step, proprietary know-how utilized by a business as well…
Over the past decade or so, social media has transformed from an entertaining pastime and means for social networking into a modern-day marketing tool, for both franchisors and franchisees alike. Popular social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn…
Getting the Deal Through has published the fourth edition of Franchise, which is available in print, as an e-book and online here. The South Africa Chapter of Getting the...
Africa needs to develop small and medium sized businesses across the continent. A good vehicle to adopt to substantially contribute towards this initiative, is franchising....
The draft Franchise Industry Code of Conduct of South Africa (draft Code), was published in the Government Gazette in late January 2016. Public comments on...