22.04.2022

Intellectual property rights vs embedding & framing

The protection of intellectual property rights in online is a subject whose complexity derives from its particularly technical aspects. In order to have a better understanding of them, through the articlepublished on Hotnews.ro, Alexandru Laurențiu Mihai - Junior Lawyer, STOICA & ASOCIAȚII - aims to clarify the concepts of "framing & embedding" and the correlation of these techniques with various problems in terms of intellectual property.

Framing is the display of windows within a webpage. The displayed page - that is, the window - is completely independent and not to be confused with the host page that remains visible.

Embedding is the integration of an external element into the content of a web page. The displayed material appears as an element of the host page itself, without any separate functionality as in the case of framing.

The question is whether or not "framing & embedding" constitutes copyright infringement.

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