<s>
Lexulous	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
word	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
commercial	O
board	O
game	O
Scrabble	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
run	O
by	O
an	O
Indian	O
company	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
on	O
a	O
dedicated	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
within	O
the	O
social	O
networking	O
site	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
website	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
as	O
an	O
application	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
quickly	O
becoming	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
game	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
lawsuits	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Facebook	B-Application
in	O
2008	O
,	O
first	O
for	O
North	O
American	O
users	O
and	O
later	O
worldwide	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
website	O
following	O
suit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
ruling	O
by	O
Delhi	O
High	O
Court	O
allowed	O
Calcutta-based	O
Rajat	O
and	O
Jayant	O
Agarwalla	O
to	O
retain	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
post	O
their	O
word	O
game	O
online	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
not	O
allowed	O
to	O
use	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
,	O
Scrabble	B-Application
or	O
any	O
other	O
“	O
similar	O
sounding	O
”	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
on	O
27	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
website	O
was	O
launched	O
using	O
the	O
new	O
moniker	O
"	O
Lexulous	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
Hasbro	O
withdrew	O
their	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
RJ	B-Application
Softwares	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
Lexulous	B-Application
was	O
activated	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
company	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Rajat	O
and	O
Jayant	O
Agarwalla	O
,	O
both	O
commerce	O
graduates	O
of	O
St.	O
Xavier	O
's	O
College	O
,	O
Kolkata	O
,	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
website	O
was	O
created	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2005	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
Agarwalla	O
brothers	O
,	O
Rajat	O
and	O
Jayant	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
won	O
numerous	O
Scrabble	B-Application
tournaments	O
,	O
felt	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
free	O
gaming	O
site	O
where	O
the	O
popular	O
game	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
"	O
BingoBinge	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
site	O
moving	O
to	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
on	O
5	O
July	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
the	O
website	O
had	O
20,000	O
registered	O
users	O
,	O
but	O
after	O
the	O
developers	O
made	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
popular	O
social	O
networking	O
website	O
Facebook	B-Application
it	O
had	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
840,000	O
user	O
pages	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
500,000	O
users	O
daily	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
active	O
users	O
of	O
any	O
game	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
over	O
Facebook	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrabulous	B-Application
faced	O
legal	O
issues	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
resemblance	O
to	O
Scrabble	B-Application
along	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
issues	O
forced	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
Facebook	B-Application
in	O
mid-2008	O
and	O
its	O
eventual	O
rebranding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rights	O
to	O
Scrabble	B-Application
are	O
currently	O
owned	O
within	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
Canada	O
by	O
Hasbro	O
,	O
and	O
throughout	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
by	O
Mattel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
former	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
website	O
made	O
several	O
references	O
to	O
Scrabble	B-Application
,	O
and	O
previously	O
provided	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
the	O
rules	O
of	O
Scrabble	B-Application
and	O
promoted	O
itself	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
place	O
to	O
play	O
Scrabble	B-Application
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Hasbro	O
made	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
acquire	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2008	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
in	O
the	O
range	O
of	O
$10	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
was	O
registered	O
as	O
a	O
trademark	O
and	O
service	O
mark	O
with	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Patent	O
and	O
Trademark	O
Office	O
,	O
but	O
on	O
February	O
2008	O
it	O
was	O
officially	O
abandoned	O
by	O
the	O
applicant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hasbro	O
threatened	O
to	O
shut	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
down	O
via	O
legal	O
means	O
in	O
January	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
was	O
also	O
asked	O
to	O
pull	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
from	O
its	O
site	O
's	O
application	O
database	O
,	O
but	O
initially	O
demurred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
news	O
that	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
application	O
was	O
in	O
legal	O
jeopardy	O
,	O
two	O
groups	O
made	O
a	O
"	O
SCRABULOUS	B-Application
"	O
music	O
video	O
spoof	O
of	O
the	O
Fergie	O
song	O
"	O
Glamorous.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
from	O
web	O
entertainment	O
group	O
TastesLikeTV.com	O
professes	O
"	O
L	O
,	O
T	O
,	O
S	O
,	O
and	O
R	O
/	O
Ai	O
n't	O
gonna	O
get	O
you	O
very	O
far	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
the	O
YouTube	O
video	O
created	O
by	O
Team	O
Awesome	O
Productions	O
says	O
that	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
is	O
the	O
"	O
swappy	O
,	O
swappy.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mattel	O
launched	O
its	O
official	O
version	O
of	O
online	O
Scrabble	B-Application
,	O
Scrabble	B-Application
by	O
Mattel	O
,	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
in	O
late	O
March	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Hasbro	O
controls	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Scrabble	B-Application
for	O
North	O
America	O
with	O
Mattel	O
holding	O
them	O
for	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
application	O
is	O
available	O
only	O
to	O
players	O
outside	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrabulous	B-Application
users	O
reacted	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
group	O
called	O
Save	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
,	O
asking	O
Facebook	B-Application
to	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
its	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
reported	O
that	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
fans	O
had	O
written	O
to	O
Hasbro	O
and	O
Mattel	O
demanding	O
that	O
the	O
companies	O
make	O
"	O
the	O
right	O
decision	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
threatened	O
to	O
stop	O
buying	O
Mattel	O
and	O
Hasbro	O
products	O
if	O
they	O
shut	O
down	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
Hasbro	O
formally	O
sued	O
Rajat	O
and	O
Jayant	O
Agarwalla	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
their	O
company	O
,	O
RJ	B-Application
Softwares	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
suit	O
claimed	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
violated	O
the	O
Digital	O
Millennium	O
Copyright	O
Act	O
and	O
infringed	O
upon	O
Hasbro	O
's	O
intellectual	O
property	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
for	O
users	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
error	O
message	O
,	O
"	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
is	O
disabled	O
for	O
US	O
and	O
Canadian	O
users	O
until	O
further	O
notice.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
26	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
web	O
site	O
was	O
suspended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
followed	O
a	O
ruling	O
by	O
the	O
Delhi	O
High	O
Court	O
that	O
although	O
the	O
game	O
Scrabble	B-Application
itself	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
copyrighted	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Agarwalla	O
brothers	O
could	O
therefore	O
continue	O
to	O
offer	O
their	O
similar	O
game	O
online	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
however	O
not	O
permitted	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
name	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
or	O
any	O
other	O
name	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Scrabble	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
day	O
after	O
the	O
Delhi	O
High	O
Court	O
ruling	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
once	O
more	O
made	O
available	O
online	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
"	O
Lexulous	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
an	O
appearance	O
overhaul	O
,	O
it	O
still	O
maintained	O
the	O
essential	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
version	O
including	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
past	O
records	O
,	O
user	O
IDs	O
,	O
and	O
saved	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lexulous	B-Application
also	O
altered	O
the	O
layout	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
differentiate	O
it	O
more	O
from	O
Scrabble	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
change	O
occurred	O
on	O
3	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
saw	O
score	O
multipliers	O
moved	O
around	O
the	O
board	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
point	O
score	O
of	O
tiles	O
no	O
longer	O
matching	O
those	O
of	O
Scrabble	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
2011	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Lexulous	B-Application
features	O
,	O
ordinary	O
seven-letter	O
Scrabble	B-Application
(	O
including	O
solitaire	O
and	O
versus	O
the	O
robot	O
)	O
became	O
available	O
again	O
on	O
the	O
Lexulous	B-Application
website	O
for	O
users	O
outside	O
of	O
USA	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wordscraper	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Scrabble-based	O
word	O
game	O
application	O
available	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
also	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Agarwalla	O
brothers	O
,	O
which	O
received	O
an	O
influx	O
of	O
people	O
from	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
inaccurately	O
that	O
Wordscraper	B-Application
was	O
released	O
after	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
;	O
however	O
the	O
application	O
has	O
been	O
available	O
since	O
January	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
applications	O
launched	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Scrabulous	B-Application
enjoyed	O
relatively	O
large	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
