A social networking app designed by Sina Weibo, Chinese largest Twitter-like platform, has been removed from the market on suspicion of plagiarism, just two days after it was put online.
On September 4, the operator of the app, called Oasis, posted a statement via its Weibo account, saying it had taken the app off the shelves of Apple's App Store temporarily after a netizen pointed out the app logo allegedly copied the pattern of the Ulju Mountain Film Festival, which was designed by Korean studio fnt in 2015.
A review of the logo design has been launched, and the operator is resolving the copyright-related problem, according to the post.
The operator admitted the app logo designers used public patterns and materials online as a reference at first, such as those of a sun, desert and cactus, saying such elements coincided with the app's design idea.
The app's previous post showed that Oasis had ranked first in a free social app download list on the App Store on Tuesday, ahead of WeChat and QQ, two popular instant messaging and social media apps in the country.
Oasis is not the first app to be mired in controversy this week. On September 3, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology summoned social networking firm Momo Inc, as its face-swapping app, ZAO, was accused of excessively collecting personal information.
Source: China Daily
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