Lexulous was threatened to be shut down by Hasbro in 2008 before Facebook was asked to remove it from its platform.
Due to copyright infringement lawsuits, the game was removed from Facebook in 2008, first for North American users and later worldwide, with the Scrabulous website following suit. Scrabulous faced legal issues due to its resemblance to Scrabble along with a similar name. These issues forced the removal of the game from Facebook in mid-2008 and its eventual rebranding. Hasbro threatened to shut Scrabulous down via legal means in January 2008. 
