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23 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 05:59 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Winklevoss brothers, Harvard contemporaries of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, have ended their legal battle with the social network.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They reached a $65m ($41m) settlement in 2008, after claiming that Mr Zuckerberg stole their idea.<\/p>\n

The legal spat was immortalised in the film “The Social Network”.<\/p>\n

In January they attempted to reopen the case, claiming that they should have received more shares.<\/p>\n

They sought to undo the settlement of $20m in cash and $45m in stock – now worth more than $100m.<\/p>\n

A US appeals court ruled in April that they could not back out of the deal.<\/p>\n

The pair had threatened to go to US Supreme Court to overturn the decision but have now said they will not pursue it.<\/p>\n

They offered no statement on what had prompted their decision to abandon the suit.<\/p>\n

The twins originally argued that Mr Zuckerberg had stolen their idea after he was hired by them to code their ConnectU site in 2003.<\/p>\n

Facebook has always rejected the claims but agreed to the 2008 settlement to end what it called “rancorous litigation”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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