Questão jurídica principal
Whether a franchise or license agreement bound the parties after April 2004
Decisão extraída
No post-fall 2004 franchise or license agreement was concluded; the respondents had insisted on a written contract, which was never signed.
Fundamentação extraída
The correspondence showed that any new relationship depended on a written contract with the successor operator. The appellants' conduct in ordering goods did not amount to acceptance of a franchise by conclusive acts.