passing off
Faking another's identity
Passing off is presenting something as what it isn't, typically to deceive.
You might pass off cheap wine as expensive, or pass off someone else's work as your own: He tried to pass off the forgery as an original.
In law, passing off is a form of unfair competition—trading on another's reputation by making goods appear to be theirs.
Unauthorized use of protected marks
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- brand protectionGuarding corporate identity assets
- unfair competitionDeceptive marketplace practices
- false advertisingDishonest promotional claims
injunction · damages · litigation · cease and desist · goodwill · misappropriation · tortious · dilution
Intentional criminal trickery
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fakeNot the real thing
- shamFraudulent imitation
impostor · pretense · falsification · deceit · masquerade · impersonation · fabrication · disguise
trademark infringement
Unauthorized use of protected marks
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- brand protectionGuarding corporate identity assets
- unfair competitionDeceptive marketplace practices
false advertising · injunction · damages · litigation · cease and desist · goodwill · misappropriation · tortious · dilution · remedies
fraud
Intentional criminal trickery
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fakeNot the real thing
sham · impostor · pretense · falsification · deceit · masquerade · impersonation · fabrication · disguise · subterfuge
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- business wrongsunfair competition, predatory pricing, price fixing, bid rigging, antitrust violation
- Domain Disputescybersquatting, typosquatting, bad faith, arbitration, cease and desist
- trademark disputesinfringement, counterfeiting, knockoffs, cease and desist, dilution
- trademarkstrademark, trademarks, trademark infringement, trademark symbol, registration number
- unfair competitionfalse advertising, trademark infringement, misappropriation, deceptive practices, counterfeiting