LEGAL WORD
Passing off
Legal term · Intellectual property
Passing off
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Intellectual property
1 What it means
Misrepresenting one's goods as another's, damaging their goodwill. Protects even unregistered marks.
2 Use it in a sentence
The unregistered brand owner succeeded in passing off.
3 Make it stick
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