In Franchise Canada's Spring 2013 «Viewpoints» feature, McInnes Cooper franchise lawyer Michael Melvin answers
this question for franchisors and franchisees: What do I need to know about moving into new markets?
Not exact matches
Answering this
question is important because different
franchisors have different restrictions on selling to other
franchisors,
for instance, and some franchise businesses aren't even scalable in the first place.
More broadly, the Court stated that the
question was whether it was plain and obvious that a parent company and a
franchisor's associate which controls the market and sets the terms of the franchise agreement, like GM US, could never be considered a party to the agreement
for purposes of the duty of good faith.