Appeals Court Backs Zuckerberg in Facebook Founders’ Suit

It looks like the Winklevi v. Zuckerberg saga could finally be coming to an end. A California appeals court has ruled that a 2008 deal between Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg and three of his former Harvard classmates, Divya Narendra and twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, will be upheld.
 
The original deal followed a lawsuit brought by the Winklevosses and Narendra against Zuckerberg (later dramatized in last year’s movie The Social Network) claiming that the Facebook founder stole the idea for his site from ConnectU, another social networking site started by the three plaintiffs.

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