Replies to post #7081 on Jammin Java Corp (JAMN)

[Brophtron]

That doesn't answer the question of who actually opened and owns the shop.

On September 13, 2012, the Company entered into a fifteen (15) year license agreement (renewable for two additional fifteen (15) year terms thereafter in the option of the Company) with an effective date of August 7, 2012 with Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Limited, a Bahamas international business company ("Fifty-Six Hope Road" and the "FSHR License Agreement"). Rohan Marley, our Chairman, owns an interest in and serves as a director of Fifty-Six Hope Road. Pursuant to the FSHR License Agreement, Fifty-Six Hope Road granted the Company a worldwide, exclusive, non-transferable license to utilize the "Marley Coffee" trademarks (the "Trademarks") in connection with (i) the manufacturing, advertising, promotion, sale, offering for sale and distribution of coffee in all its forms and derivations, regardless of portions, sizes or packaging (the "Exclusive Licensed Products") and (ii) coffee roasting services, coffee production services, and coffee sales, supply, distribution and support services, provided that the Company may not open retail coffee houses utilizing the Trademarks. Fifty-Six Hope Road owns and controls the intellectual property rights in and to the late reggae performer, Robert Nesta Marley, professionally known as Bob Marley, including the Trademarks. In addition, Fifty-Six Hope Road granted the Company the right to use the Trademarks on advertising and promotional materials that pertain solely to the sale of coffee cups, coffee mugs, coffee glasses, saucers, milk steamers, machines for brewing coffee, espresso and/or cappuccino, grinders, water treatment products, tea products, chocolate products, and ready-to-use (instant) coffee products (the "Non-Exclusive Licensed Products", and together with the Exclusive Licensed Products, the "Licensed Products"). Licensed Products may be sold by the Company pursuant to the FSHR License Agreement through all channels of distribution, provided that, subject to certain exceptions, the Company cannot sell the Licensed Products by direct marketing methods (other than the Company's website), including television, infomercials or direct mail without the prior written consent of Fifty-Six Hope Road. Additionally, FSHR has the right to approve all Licensed Products, all advertisements in connection therewith and all product designs and packaging. The agreement also provides that FSHR shall own all rights to any domain names (including marleycoffee.com), incorporating the Trademarks.

It's clear that JAMN can't open such a shop, but it's not clear who does own the shop and how they got the right. Even if FSHR gave someone else the permission to open a coffee shop (or opened it themselves), why can they give such a license right when JAMN has the rights to use the name, even if they can't open a shop themselves?

But it's interesting to see how Rohan has been talking about the opening of the shops, even though all JAMN gets out of it is the sale of some more coffee, and not a share in the profits of the shop itself.