no. b-000119-c melinda matthews, individually ) in the district court ...

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1 requiring, correct?
2 MR. LIGHTY: Object to the form.
3 A Well, okay. Franchising is taking the
4 intellectual property of a company that owns it and
5 licensing someone else. So, it is not about power. It
6 is about the franchisee saying, "I accept this
7 obligation. When I become your franchisee and when you
8 license me, I accept the right I have to be obligated to
9 your systems."
10 So, the power thing only comes in when I
11 decide not to do it because it is my intellectual
12 property, not yours.
13 Q And my question, I guess, was a bad question.
14 If a franchisor requires something be
15 done, is that in your opinion different than when they
16 can only recommend something be done?
17 A If the operating system recommends something,
18 then it is not a requirement.
19 Q But what is a requirement?
20 A Something that is part of the operating
21 system.
22 Q What does it mean to be part of the operating
23 system? Does it mean that there is some - a control
24 factor for the franchisor?
25 A Well, there is always a control factor because