Facebook has closed down its Scrabulous application following legal action from toy maker Hasbro.

So far the application has only be disabled for users in the US and Canada, the New York Times reported.

Hasbro is suing the Calcutta-based founders of Scrabulous, claiming they are infringing its copyright and trademark.

It asked Facebook to block access following the launch of its own official version of Scrabble.

Defence campaign

Scrabulous has been one of the most popular applications on Facebook, regularly racking up more than 500,000 users each day.

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According to a Facebook spokesman, despite the decision to remove the application it isn't taking sides in the Scrabulous-Hasbro dispute.

"We're trying to maintain just being a neutral platform," the spokesman said.

(BBC)

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