'We’re sure this is not a coincidence', Room creator accuses Facebook of copying its anonymous chat app
Room, an app which allows friends to have anonymous chats, has accused Facebook of copying its intellectual property with the social media platform's launch of Rooms.
Rooms, Facebook’s latest standalone mobile app, allows users to set up a private room where they can invite friends to join a conversation.
Damien Rottemberg, co-founder and chief technology officer of Room told 9to5Mac: “We don’t know what happened, if something was leaked from VCs we were talking to that are very connected with Facebook, if it’s from high Facebook executives that we have on our Facebook friend’s list, friends of friends working at Facebook, or someone at Facebook that saw our app and thought it was cool enough to copy.
“We’re sure this is not a coincidence. We don’t understand how Facebook, with all their lawyers, could have released an app with the same name and features. We won’t let this happen and we want to defend all entrepreneurs with great ideas and great visions.”
The Room app was first released on the Apple App Store in September.
Facebook has declined a request for comment.