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The foundation of a passing off claim lies in the injury to the
reputation and goodwill of the plaintiff's business.
Spalding v. A.W. Gamage Ltd., (1914 - 1915) All E.R.
Rep. 147 is considered to be one of the landmark
cases in the development of such a cause of action in which it was
held that:
"... the proposition that nobody has any right to
represent his goods as the goods of somebody else. It is also
sometimes stated in the proposition that nobody has the right to