Winklevoss, Facebook Legal Battle Continues

Those of you who thought the Winklevoss-Zuckerberg Facebook battle was over—think again. A U.S. Appeals Court has agreed to freeze litigation related to the twins' legal battle until they file their appeal with the Supreme Court.

There are currently two cases related to Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss' bid to take home a larger piece of the Facebook pie—one in Boston and one in San Francisco. An appeals court last month declined to schedule another hearing in the San Francisco case, prompting Facebook to request that the Boston case be dismissed. But the Winklevoss twins said they would take their case all the way to the Supreme Court, so the San Francisco appeals court has agreed to freeze any related litigation until the twins file with the High Court, according to Bloomberg and Reuters. As a result, Facebook cannot have the Boston case dismissed, so the Winkle-drama continues.

For those not familiar with the story, the twins claim that Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for Facebook. The twins sued, and in 2008 both parties reached a $65 million settlement in San Francisco. Cameron and Tyler eventually tried to have the deal revoked, however, because they said that Facebook did not accurately reveal how much its shares were worth at the time.

The judge in the case , but the twins have now fought the case all the way to the Supreme Court. It remains to be seen if the High Court will take up the case, however. Most recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that "at some point, litigation must come to an end. That point has now been reached."

Facebook has other legal woes. The social-networking giant has to deal with , who claims that he has an 84 percent stake in Facebook thanks to a contract he and Zuckerberg signed in 2003. Ceglia produced what he said were in which Zuckerberg appears to be trying to back out of a deal regarding Facebook. The social-networking site and said Ceglia doctored the emails and purported contract.

Chloe Albanesius contributed to this report.

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