How to see through the joining scam

To confirm the authenticity of a brand, it is necessary to conduct a preliminary trademark search, including surfing Baidu to see if the name has been registered. In fact, there is a more formal and effective method, which is to go to the trademark registration network for trademark inquiry. How to inquire about trademarks? The website is www.sbj.saic.gov.cn/sbcx/..

1. You will see this interface after entering, and click "I accept" to enter the next page.

2. Click "Trademark Approximation Query" to enter the following page.

3. Trademark registration is divided into industries, and different industries have different classifications. * * * Divided into 45 categories, followed by service industry. Catering belongs to No.43, and education service belongs to No.41. Now take the trademark of "Korean fried veal" as an example, enter 43 in the international classification, click Chinese characters in the query method, write the trademark name with Korean fried veal, and click query to get the result.

4, 35 are advertising sales trademarks, and all brands allowed to join must register advertising sales trademarks, otherwise they will bear legal risks. Therefore, after checking the 43 catering categories, you need to enter 35 in the international classification to find out whether the brand is registered as an advertising sales trademark.

5, low franchise fee scam: the company mainly aims at selling equipment. Ming Wei joined, in fact, dumping X machinery and equipment at a high price. Many franchisees earn high profits by selling X machinery and equipment at high prices in disguise.

6. Back-joining fee scam: Many franchisees attract entrepreneurs to join under the guise of "back-joining fee". When helping entrepreneurs prepare to open stores, the company will tell you that you need to purchase hundreds of thousands of goods before you can return the franchise fee. I was not enthusiastic about you before signing the contract, and I didn't discuss various overlord clauses after signing the contract.

7. Exaggerate the company name: The more companies with international brands or foreign backgrounds, the more likely they are liars. It is very simple to register a company in Taiwan Province, Hongkong, Korea, Japan and France. Don't trust these so-called international chain institutions.

8. Money-circling companies that invite celebrities to speak for them: stars have high visibility, great influence and high credibility of public figures. And some money-circling companies use the public's trust to make stars lie, perjure themselves and make false advertisements for junk products, so that consumers suffer both economic and psychological losses. Many stars become accomplices of junk products, collude with fake and fake enterprises, and harm consumers.

9. Follow-up service is zero: during the preliminary consultation, the people in China Merchants Department will say: We provide a full set of support, including staff training, publicity planning, sales planning, sales training, product knowledge training and a series of trainings. In fact, all these trainings are just a dead letter. Anyway, your initial fee and down payment have been paid.

Extended data:

Article 11 of the Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Franchise stipulates that a franchise contract shall include the following main contents:

(1) Basic information of franchisor and franchisee;

(two) the content and duration of the franchise;

(three) the type, amount and payment method of franchise expenses;

(four) the specific contents and methods of business guidance, technical support, business training and other services;

(5) Quality, standard requirements and guarantee measures of products or services;

(6) Promotion and advertisement of products or services;

(seven) the protection of consumers' rights and interests and the liability for compensation in franchising;

(8) Alteration, rescission and termination of the franchise contract;

(9) Liability for breach of contract;

(10) dispute resolution;

(1 1) Other matters agreed by the franchisor and the franchisee.

However, in practice, it often happens that:

1, the brand holds the universal template contract, and the franchisee has almost no room for negotiation and maneuver. In fact, the contract should be reached by both parties through consultation, and franchisees do not only have the right to sign and agree.

2. The terms of the contract are not clear, and franchisees have no way to complain.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia/