Suing Facebook: Oh Wait…You Mean I need Evidence to Sue?

Published: July 26, 2007, 11:03 am

Tags: legal, blogging, technology, google, marketing

The battle over facebook intellectual property is heating up as the Gederal Judge pushes back in Boston. Massachusetts Federal Judge Douglas P. Woodlock repeatedly suggested that ConnectU hadn't provided enough evidence to support their claim that Zuckerberg had built Facebook on code used by ConnectU. Claims must have a factual basis, the judge said. The allegations, which ranged from breach of confidence to fraud to misappropriation of trade secrets, comprised a most evanescent of explanations, Woodlock said. He gave ConnectU's founders Divya Narendra and twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss until August 8 to provide a revised complaint. He also gave Facebook two weeks after that date to respond.

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