Fontbank, Inc. v. Compuserve, Incorporated

Glasser, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Fontbank, Inc., appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas dismissing its breach-of-contract action against defendant-appellee, CompuServe, Incorporated, on a motion for judgment on the pleadings.

CompuServe operates a worldwide on-line computer information service. Fontbank develops and markets computer software. This action has its genesis in Fontbank’s April 1994 proposal to develop several products for CompuServe. Specifically, Fontbank offered to develop and operate an on-line multimedia superstore, to be known as “Jerry’s…