Judge Orders Facebook To Turn Over Source Code in Patent Case
A Delaware District Court Magistrate Judge has ordered Facebook to grant access to its entire source code to Leader Technologies as part of an ongoing suit brought by Leader last November. The suit alleges Facebook infringed on a patent concerning “electronic information storage and management,” and is seeking damages and and an injunction against Facebook.
Facebook has already made its intentions to fight the decision clear, saying in a statement to TechCrunch: “While we respect the magistrate judge’s opinion, we disagree with it on this point and plan to appeal.
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