Winklevoss twins give up Facebook case

Olympic rowing twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have decided not to appeal a court ruling upholding their $65 million settlement with Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg, signaling the possible end of the long-running dispute. [caption id=“attachment_29943” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The Winklevoss twins and Divya Narendra | http://undomiel84.wordpress.com “]  [/caption] The 2008 accord was intended to resolve a feud over whether Zuckerberg stole the idea for what became the world’s most popular social networking website from the Winklevosses, who like him had attended Harvard University. Their battle was dramatized in the 2010 film “The Social Network.” After agreeing to the cash-and-stock accord, the Winklevosses sought to undo it, saying it was fraudulent because Facebook hid information from them, and that they deserved more money. They had been planning to appeal an April 11 ruling by a federal appeals court in San Francisco upholding the settlement, which that court called “quite favorable.” But in a filing on Wednesday with that court, the Winklevosses said that after “careful consideration,” they decided not to seek Supreme Court review. The filing did not give a reason for the decision. The California case had been brought by ConnectU Inc, which the Winklevosses set up with another Harvard student, Divya Narendra, who joined in Wednesday’s filing. Facebook, in a statement, said: “We’ve considered this case closed for a long time, and we’re pleased to see the other party now agrees.” Wednesday’s filing clears the way for Facebook to seek the dismissal of a related lawsuit filed in Boston federal court.