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Scrabble wins word game with Scrabulous

22 September 2008

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

Toy maker Mattel has won its trade mark battle against Indian company RJ Software, makers of the online word game Scrabulous, in the Delhi High Court

On September 17 Judge S Ravindra Bhat of the Delhi High Court restrained the brothers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla from using the trade marks Scrabble, Scrabulous or any other deceptively similar trade mark.

Bhat disagreed with the Agarwalla's argument that the term Scrabble was generic.

But the judge ruled that the game...



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