From the first day, Facebook came to public it faced rumors and complaints. One of the most serious complaints was actually filed November 19, 2008 by Leader Technologies, Inc in the United States district court for the district of Delaware for infringement of U.S Patent No. 7,139,761 in this district. This patent relates to a method and system for the management and storage of electronic information.

According to the latest public Court Order document dated 4th September 2009 (embedded below), Facebook objections were denied and the company will still need to produce its entire source code for Leader’s review no later than September 15, 2009

Law360, New York (July 29, 2009) — In a patent infringement suit against Facebook Inc. by Leader Technologies Inc., a judge has ordered Facebook to provide Leader with its entire source code, over the social networking site’s objection that Leader’s claim of needing the whole code was “specious.”