Paytm drags Snapdeal-owned firm to court for stealing business data

A few days back, we told you how intense pressure of competition and profitability has led to an online battle between Flipkart and Snapdeal. However, moving away from the online battle, Snapdeal has now found itself amidst a legal battle, with another one of India’s leading e-commerce firms.

Noida-based e-commerce platform Paytm that has joined hands with Flipkart for faster deliveries, has filed a lawsuit against Unicommerce, e-commerce management software and fulfilment solutions provider that Snapdeal acquired last year.

Paytm has accused Unicommerce of accessing confidential business data from its commerce platform through its sellers. A lot of sellers who use Paytm also use Unicommerce for managing orders and inventory across multiple marketplaces and carts. Not only this, Paytm has also alleged that Unicommerce for using its logo and name without being authorized to do so.

No one from Paytm, Snapdeal or Unicommerce commented on the matter, calling it subjudice.

This is not the first time that Indian consumer internet companies have landed in legal battles. Only about a month ago, cab aggregator service provider Uber had sued arch rival Ola accusing it to be involved in false bookings and creating fake rider accounts on Uber’s platform.

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