Court Hears SF’s Lawsuit Over Oakland Airport Name

November 8, 2024 Business, Travel

Courthouse News reports:

Beyond trademark infringement, the city of Oakland’s change of its airport name to include “San Francisco” is also confusing travelers, attorneys for the city of San Francisco argued Thursday. During a hearing Thursday afternoon, attorney Bobby Ghajar said San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is the only entity that uses “San Francisco” to denote an airport and that the city has used the trademark since 1954.

San Francisco sued Oakland in April after Oakland announced plans to change its airport’s name from Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. The city on the west side of the bay wants Oakland to immediately stop using the proposed name and to find Oakland has infringed SFO’s mark. The city also wants Oakland ordered to destroy any materials containing the new name and seeks unspecified fees and damages

Read the full article. Lawyers for Oakland say San Francisco has not proven their claims of confusion and that traffic at SFO has actually risen since the name change.



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