Sentence examples for for passing off from inspiring English sources

This backfired when Mattel sued Hasbro for "passing off".

But has the magazine famous for its spoof columns by politicians, hacks and celebs ever faced action for "passing off"?

Is it possible that Pippa's lawyers Harbottle and Lewis are threatening litigation not just for passing off, but possibly also for defamation?

[New York Times] Eight T.G.I. Friday's in New Jersey agreed to pay $500,000 for passing off cheap drinks as premium-label liquor, after an investigation proved the practice.

When Kawasaki Heavy Industries threatened to sue the Chinese for passing off its technology as their own, the Railway Ministry in Beijing dismissed the complaint as evidence of "a fragile state of mind and a lack of confidence".

It has been criticized for having similar music lineups across the country, and for passing off some D.J.'s who are really in San Diego or other cities as if they were broadcasting directly from stations in smaller towns.

It's intended to be used for things like always-on services, background checks and downloads for instance, while passing off more CPU-intensive stuff like media and gaming to the bigger chip.

Unless he gave his grandmother credit for her contribution, passing off that work as his own was dishonest.

Wal-Mart Stores on Friday said it agreed to sell its grocery distribution unit to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for about $1.5 billion, passing off a slower-growing business that could thrive under new owners.

Absolut, which is owned by the drinks company V&S Vin&Sprit, launched high court proceedings for trademark infringement and "passing off" – misrepresenting services as those of Absolut.

And it suits the fraudsters, who, for millennia, have been passing off oil from all sorts of plants as that of olives.