Facebook: Ownership Contract Does Not Exist; Zuckerberg Comments on Lawsuit

Facebook is fighting back against New York businessman Paul Ceglia’s claims that founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Ceglia 84% ownership of the social networking site in an April 2003 contract, when Ceglia alleges Zuckerberg worked for him as a coder. Facebook officials are touting the June 30th lawsuit as “frivolous” and in a Friday morning email to Computerworld, a Facebook spokesperson wrote that the company “strongly” believes any sort of contract Ceglia might present to courts will be a forgery; Ceglia reportedly claims he has a signed pact with Zuckerberg on hand. Along with ownership rights, Ceglia alleges he was paid 00 for his work on the social networking site, and is entitled to an additional 1% ownership of Facebook per day, till the site was finished. Zuckerberg spoke with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer Wednesday night, and said he is “quite sure” that no such contract was ever signed. A statement from today by Facebook’s Andrew Noyes said: “Mark [Zuckerberg] has made it clear that Ceglia’s claims are absurd and we strongly suspect the contract is forged. However, we have not seen the original (no one has, including the court). Thus, we’re focusing on the things that are not open to interpretation and are indisputable. Mark could not have given interest in a company that didn’t exist or an idea he had not thought of yet. And, even if he could, the statute of limitations has expired.”
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