Dekortage writes "As today's lawsuit indicates, Hasbro has outwardly had enough of Scrabulous, the online word game remarkably similar to Scrabble. Filed in New York, Hasbro's suit is against Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, brothers from Kolkata, India, and asks the court to remove the Scrabulous form from Facebook, disable the Scrabulous.com web site, and grant damages and courtroom fees to Hasbro. Why did Hasbro tale so long to 'protect' its intellectual possessorship rights in court? They waited 'in deference to the fans' until EA had launched the standard Scrabble Facebook app earlier this month. EA's version has netted fewer than ten burning question players, versus Scrabulous' estimated 2.3 million. This was the next logical step for Hasbro after filing DMCA takedown notices against Scrabulous in January."

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