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Judge scorches Dunkin' Donuts for caving to Tim Hortons
Julius Melnitzer
Jul 03, 2012 • July 3, 2012 • < 1 minute read • Join the conversation
The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that franchisers have a duty to their franchisees to support the brand.
In what Jennifer Dolman, Éric Préfontaine and Gillian Scott, writing in Osler Hoskin & Harcourt's Osler Update , call an "unprecedented decision" in Bertico Inc. v. Dunkin' Brands Canada Ltd., the Court held that the Dunkin' Donuts franchiser in Quebec fundamentally breached its franchise agreements with its Quebec franchisees by failing to adequately support its brand and stem the tide of the "Tim Hortons phenomenon" in that province.
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