BharatPe moves Delhi HC filing six “cancellation actions”, asking the intellectual property division of the Delhi High Court to scrap multiple registrations held by PhonePe Pvt. Ltd. for the ‘Pe’ device mark in Devanagari script.

“By taking on a trademark for the “Pe” device mark in Devanagari Script in classes relating to payment services in a country like India, where Hindi is the primary language of the masses, PhonePe has acted against the larger public interest, and Resilient is committed to undoing this,” said a spokesperson for Resilient Innovations, the parent company of BharatPe.

“PhonePe has been asserting its registration for the “Pe” device mark in Devanagari script as being equivalent to the English word Pe/Pay. This was what the same position taken by PhonePe in a recent case filed by it before the Bombay high court against Resilient’s use of the mark “Postpe”, which stands withdrawn at present,” statement from BharatPe added.

PhonePe is filing a revised case on the matter in Bombay high court. Walmart and Flipkart-backed PhonePe had approached the Bombay High Court seeking an injunction to restrain Resilient from misusing PhonePe’s registered trademarks by using and promoting the marks “PostPe” or “postpe”, the Bengaluru-based firm said in a statement.

“Even though both the Delhi high court and the Bombay high court have prima facie found PhonePe’s assertion to be incorrect, Resilient has filed these cancellation actions to provide a level-playing field to all stakeholders in the digital payment space once and for all,” the spokesperson of BharatPe added.

PhonePe had said last week that while it withdrew the lawsuit, the Bombay high court had granted it the liberty to file a fresh case in this matter keeping the rights and contentions of the parties open.