ConnectU/Facebook judge delays ruling, orders ConnectU lawyers to come back with more facts
Caroline McCarthy is on the ground at US District Court in Boston and just reported that the decision on Facebook’s motion to dismiss the infringement lawsuit brought about by ConnectU has been postponed by two weeks. The judge in the case, Douglas Woodlock, cited insufficient facts supporting ConnectU’s laundry list of claims and allegations in its complaint.
“You’re really going to have to do this with particularity,” Woodlock said to ConnectU’s counsel, “because this is a most evanescent of explanations.”
I reached ConnectU co-founder Tyler Winklevoss shortly after the ruling a few minutes ago, but he is not commenting on the ruling at this time.
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