Facebook Inc. is sued again, but this time it is serious as the judge has Ordered Facebook to release their entire source code to the plaintiff, Leader Technologies on July 29th 2009. A request letter with exhibits was presented prior to this by Leader’s Legal firms that lead to this ruling. A redacted version, public version of this letter to the Honorable Leonard P. Stark can be found here

The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and alleges that Facebook infringes Leader’s U.S. Patent No. 7,139,761 issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on November 21, 2006.

The Patent  is about a method and system for the management and storage of electronic information.  Leader seeks damages and an injunction against Facebook for its willful infringement of the ’761 Patent.

Leader was founded by Michael McKibben in 1997. Leader has filed several patent applications, dating back to 2002, that cover its technology.  “We have spent a great amount of time and effort in procuring our intellectual property,” says Michael McKibben, founder of Leader and named inventor on the ’761 Patent, “and have taken the steps necessary to protect our proprietary and inventive ideas.”

Leader is represented by the law firms King & Spalding LLP and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP.

More documents available with Realgeek, No comments from Facebook yet, but we have insider information that Leader Technologies, have recieved some code to review from Facebook Inc.

Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc. case Federal court filings & documents available here.

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