Hasbro, Mattel Want Facebook to Stop "Scrabulous"

The companies that make Scrabble are trying to shut down Scrabulous, an online version of the game that is one of the most popular applications on the social networking site Facebook. Hasbro, which owns the rights to the crossword game in the U.S. and Canada, and El Segundo, Calif.-based Mattel, which owns the rights elsewhere, believe the Facebook game infringes their copyrights and trademarks.