A federal judge has ruled that ConnectU must honor a legal settlement with Facebook.ConnectU founders had attempted to reopen the lawsuit after they said they found new evidence to support their case that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had stolen source code and ideas from them while they all were attending Harvard.
Judge Closes Facebook-ConnectU Proceedings
Anybody not wanting to hear the details of the Facebook-ConnectU case may be able to sigh with relief. Everyone else might be out of luck. Judge James Ware has closed the first part of the proceedings to both the public and the press.
Facebook Facing Another ConnectU Challenge
Although the two sides signed a settlement of ConnectU’s suit against Facebook, ConnectU claims new evidence merits an end to that agreement.
Facebook And ConnectU Reach Settlement
As with most legal battles, the ConnectU suit against Facebook has begun to drag out: first filed in September 2004, the legal battle over who originally created the source code for Facebook is still ongoing. Last July, a Massachusetts Federal judge ruled that ConnectU needed concrete evidence to bring their suit.