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Hot Legal Issues: Encroachment and the Internet | Looking at All Things Franchise E-Commerce has opened a new frontier for the distribution of goods and services. Along with opportunity however, it also brings difficult decisions for many franchisors. Typically, the grant of a franchise includes some form of territorial rights. The extent of those rights is now being tested in many franchise systems. Example: If a franchisor establishes a WEB site from which it offers products–or services–for purchase on-line, has it “encro…
