A court ordered Oakland Airport to stop using its new name, “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport,” on Nov. 13 following a lawsuit filed by the city and county of San Francisco against the City of Oakland and Port of Oakland, the owners of the Oakland Airport.
The court concluded that a preliminary injunction should be issued and said that San Francisco will suffer irreparable harm if it is not.
“The new name for the Oakland airport strongly implies affiliation with San Francisco and the San Francisco International Airport. This damages the goodwill and value of San Francisco’s Mark and deprives San Francisco of control over its Mark,” the court said….