In case you were wondering, Scrabulous is 14 points on a Scrabble board (without any bonus modifers). Hasbro who owns the rights to the popular board game Scrabble has finally filed a lawsuit against the makers of Scrabulous. In case you’re not a Facebook user, Scrabulous is a fairly popular Facebook app, which is played by nearly 500,000 people online.

When the Faceboo App was released, many were debating on when or if Hasbro would make them take it down. Scrabulous has been up for awhile, and Hasbro has warned the app makers to take it down since the beginning of the year. Hasbro has apparently had enough, and will be filing a suit against the makers of the Facebook App. In case you’re wondering on the timing of the suit, Hasbro has released their own online version of Scrabble. The “official” version is being published by Electronic Arts (EA), and is on their online gaming site pogo.com.

Again, with the timing of Hasbro’s online release of Scrabble it’s no surprise to see them protecting their brand. Of course there will be about 500,000 Facebook users very unhappy with what will probably be a favorable outcome for Hasbro.

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