Futuredontics, Inc. v. Applied Anagramics, Inc. (complete), 45 USPQ 2d (1998) p.530

SUBJECT

derivative work

FACTS

One web site linked to another, but displayed the other site within a frame. On the outside of the frame there was competing advertising.

ISSUE

Whether putting the frame around the original web page constitutes a transformation.

HOLDING

Putting a frame around a web page is substantial transformation. The framing constituted an unauthorized derivative work. Plaintiff's claim sufficiently alleges a claim for copyright infringement.

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