Delhi HC sets aside BharatPe’s petitions to cancel PhonePe’s ‘Pe’ trademark

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed six cancellation petitions filed by Resilient Innovations aka BharatPe which sought removal registrations by rival PhonePe with Register of Trademarks of ‘Pe’ device mark, as per court orders seen by ET.

The Delhi HC set aside the petition in view of a pending case of trademark infringement between the two firms in front of another bench in the same court.

“…in view of the provisions of Section 124, it is clear that the present petitions could not have been filed without the court framing an issue regarding the validity the Trademark in (CS (COMM) 292/2019), as held by the Supreme Court in Patel Field Marshal Agencies (supra),” the Delhi HC said.