The Port of Oakland is prohibited from employing its new “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” moniker while San Francisco’s trademark suit progresses.
San Francisco convinced Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson that the neighboring airport would use its trademark in a way that falsely implies affiliation with San Francisco International Airport and irreparably harm the city, according to an order issued Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
Oakland airport’s rebranding is “confusingly similar” to San Francisco’s trademark because it entirely subsumes the mark, Hixson said. The preliminary injunction doesn’t apply to the City of …
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