New York - Toymaker Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) has dropped its lawsuit against the makers of "Scrabulous," Web knock-off version of the classic board game "Scrabble" that became wildly popular on Facebook, the Associated Press reported.

Hasbro, which owns the North American rights to the game, sued RJ Softwares and Scrabulous developers Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla for copyright and trademark infringement after Electronic Arts released an official online version of the game.

Facebook itself removed the game after a request from Mattel, which owns rights to the game outside of North America; that company's lawsuit against the makers of Scrabulous is still pending.

After the Hasbro suit was filed, the Agarwalla brothers changed Scrabulous to "Wordscraper," and altered the look of the game to eliminate similarities with Scrabble.

"The agreement provides people in the U.S. and Canada with a choice of different games and also avoids potentially lengthy and costly litigations," RJ Softwares said in a statement posted by AP.

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