Smoky Market Foods, Inc. (fka SMKY)

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Could SMKY trademarks just possibly not be rolled into Smoky Market Foods because of the unique design of Smoky Market Foods itself located clearly on the website?

Regionalized Market Operations
SMKY’s field management will be a decentralized operating organization comprised of five “Regional Operating Companies” (ROC) to be developed by a respective Regional President who is familiar with the particular demographic food preferences within his or her region. Smoked meats and fish, recipe dishes and side order products will be specifically stylized to regional consumer preferences, with each ROC having been formed to offer the unique opportunity of “corporate entrepreneurship.”

The management philosophy of “Servant Leadership” is the support structure by which a decentralized operating organization can viably function. Its inverted pyramid design enables SMKY to provide veteran industry ROC executives with the foundation support of quality product, capital, branded marketing plan and accountability. They “buy in” for the dream shot of tapping their creativity and expertise to build their own successful food company, and to receive an enticing share of the profit they deserve and the up-side equity appreciation of SMKY they helped create.

http://www.smkycorp.com/company.html

I would imagine if each Regional Operating Companies held a share in the proprietary information it could pose a potential of all kinds of litigation.

It costs a minimum of non-borrowed cash of $500k to get into a McDonald's franchise. And even then, all the trademarks are owned by McDonald's themselves and not the franchise owner/operator. I don't think the lack of ownership of proprietary information has hurt those franchises much. If SMKY achieves the necessary funding to move forward, it seems they have followed a rather profitable business model.

All The Best