To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. 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