A Simply Scrabulous Lawsuit

A lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in New York by Hasbro Inc. against the creators of “Scrabulous”. Although an official version of Scrabble was issued last week by Electronic Arts Inc. for Canadian and American Facebook users, online players have continued to play Scrabulous. Hasbro alleges that Scrabulous is a copyright infringement and is trying to have the game shut down. The toymakers are also seeking an unspecified amount in damages from the creators.

Scrabulous is the most popular game on Facebook, attracting more than 600,000 players daily. It was created during the summer of 2007 by two young brothers from Calcutta India, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla. The brothers and their company RJ Softwares are all named as defendants in the lawsuit which was filed on July 24, 2008.

Submitted by Sylvie Lang, Summer Student

Coverage here (Associated Press)