ConnectUReport: Facebook Paid $65 Million to Settle ConnectU LawsuitAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 10, 2009 - 1:23pm.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook paid $65 million to settle
a lawsuit from the founders of ConnectU, a rival social network that claimed
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea from them while they were all
at Harvard, a legal blog called the The Recorder reports. The blog cites an
announcement from the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges --
which represented ConnectU -- that states, "Won $65 million settlement
against Facebook."
Report: Facebook to Settle Lawsuits with ConnectUAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 8, 2008 - 9:22am.
Facebook Asks Judge to Toss Suit From Rival Social Network ConnectUAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 31, 2007 - 7:50am.
New York - Facebook has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed against it by ConnectU, a rival social network that claims Facebook was created from code stolen from ConnectU's creators, the Boston Globe reported on Friday. tags: Law | Lawsuits | Social Networking | Facebook | Mark Zuckerberg | ConnectU | Cameron Winklevoss |
Judge Asks ConnectU to Submit Revised Complaint Against FacebookAuthored by dmw on July 26, 2007 - 3:57pm.
Boston - A judge told the company suing online social network Facebook for copyright infringement, breach of confidence, fraud and misappropriation of trade secrets that its case was lacking in concrete evidence, and gave the company until Aug. 8 to revise its complaint, CNET News.com reported. |
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