Winklevosses Ignore Part of Ruling That Says: "...litigation must come to an end..." and Ask For En Banc Rehearing.

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Paul Stanfield

Last week we talked about the Ninth Circuit refusing to set aside the Winklevoss/Zuckerberg/Facebook/ConnectU settlement agreement.  Yesterday, the famous twins decided to ignore the part of the opinion that said that now is the time for the litigation to come to an end and filed a Petition For Rehearing En Banc.  This means that they are asking all the judges of the Ninth Circuit to rehear the case rather than the panel that originally heard it. 

From the language of the Petition, the twins seem to take umbrage at some of the snarkier language in the original opinion.  They find issue with: "bested by a competitor", "backing out", "quite favorable", "enough" and allege that "sophistication is no defense".

We can only hope that a rehearing will be granted, if for no other reason than it will give us fodder for several more posts.  Stay tuned.

 

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