Intellectual Property Law

Facebook Takes Down SCRABULOUS (or, perhaps SCRABULOUS Asks Facebook To Take Down SCRABULOUS Thus Removing Uncomfortable Situation For Facebook)

By Marty Schwimmer

Techcrunch: Scrabulous Gets Wiped Off Facebook:

Long outplayed by two Indian brothers, Hasbro finally delivers a massive counter blow to Scrabulous, one of the most loved games on Facebook. Scrabulous fans in North America will see the following message when they try to play the game:

Scrabulous is disabled for U.S. and Canadian users until further notice. If you would like to stay informed about developments in this matter, please click here.

Coverage from Alley Insider here.

UPDATE: NY Times reports that Scrabulous requested that Facebook disable Scrabulous for US and Canada

Full post as published by Trademark Blog on July 29, 2008 (boomark / email).