law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  27. No action for infringement of unregistered
  
  trade mark .- 
  (1) No person shall be entitled to institute
  
  to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the
  
  infringement of an unregistered trade mark.
  (2) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to
  
  affect rights of action against any person for passing off goods or services as
  
  the goods of another person or as services provided by another person, or the
  
  remedies in respect thereof.