Question juridique clé
Whether a franchise or license agreement bound the parties after April 2004
Solution extraite
No post-fall 2004 franchise or license agreement was concluded; the respondents had insisted on a written contract, which was never signed.
Motifs extraits
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.