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In 2004, ConnectU filed a lawsuit against Facebook alleging that creator Mark Zuckerberg had breached an oral contract to develop ConnectU and used their source code and idea to create TheFacebook.com. [22] The suit alleged that Zuckerberg had copied their idea [23] [24] and illegally used source code intended for the website he was hired to ...
Divya Narendra, Cameron Winklevoss, and Tyler Winklevoss, founders of the social network ConnectU, filed a lawsuit against Facebook in September 2004.The lawsuit alleged that Zuckerberg had broken an oral contract to build the social-networking site, copied the idea, [1] [2] and used source code that they provided to Zuckerberg to create competing site Facebook.
Cameron Winklevoss was born in Southampton, New York, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. [1] He is the son of Carol (née Leonard) and Howard Edward Winklevoss Jr.; [2] [3] Howard was an adjunct professor of actuarial science at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Facebook settles both lawsuits, ConnectU vs Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg et al. and intellectual property theft, Wayne Chang et al. over The Winklevoss Chang Group's Social Butterfly project. The settlement effectively had Facebook acquiring ConnectU for $20 million in cash and over $1.2 million in shares, valued at $45 million based on $15 ...
Facebook countersued in regard to the team's Social Butterfly project, and named among the defendants ConnectU, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, Divya Narendra, and Wayne Chang. [20] Settlement was reached where Facebook acquired ConnectU for 1,253,326 shares of Facebook stock and an additional $20 million in cash.
Meta also purchased the defunct company ConnectU in a court settlement and acquired intellectual property formerly held by rival Friendster. The majority of the companies acquired by Meta are based in the United States, and in turn, a large percentage of these companies are based in or around the San Francisco Bay Area .
The Winklevosses had argued that the court lacks jurisdiction because the settlement with Facebook has not been distributed and therefore Chang hasn't suffered any injury. Chang alleges that he has received nothing in return for the substantial benefits he provided to ConnectU, including the value of his work, as well as i2hub's users and ...