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San Francisco sues Oakland over airport name change for ‘causing confusion’ – Washington Examiner
San Francisco, California, is suing Oakland, California, for federal trademark infringement over its name change to its airport to include “San Francisco Bay.”
The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously earlier this month to change the name of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport in an effort to note its proximity to the city. San Francisco officials have protested the change, arguing it would confuse travelers intending to go to San Francisco International Airport, and now the city is suing over the name change, arguing it infringes on SFO’s trademark.
“We had hoped Oakland would come to its senses, but their refusal to collaborate on an acceptable alternative name leaves us no choice but to file a lawsuit to protect SFO’s trademark,” San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said in a statement.
“This new name will cause confusion and chaos for travelers, which will damage the travel industry for the entire region. We are already seeing at least one airline use the new name, indicating that SFO has already suffered economic harm,” he added. “We want to see the entire Bay Area thrive as a tourist destination and expand our offerings to visitors, but the renaming is not a legal or practical way to go about it.”
In the announcement of the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the city attorney’s office claims it had made multiple offers to “collaborate on alternative names” but that Oakland had refused, leading them to file the lawsuit.
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The Port of Oakland denies that the new name violates SFO’s trademark and said they will “vigorously defend” their right to use “San Francisco Bay” in its name.
“OAK’s proposed renaming does not infringe upon SFO’s mark. We will vigorously defend our right to claim our spot on the San Francisco Bay. We are standing up for Oakland and our East Bay community,” the Port of Oakland said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
Surveillance video shows a man attacking two older men working as security guards in San Francisco near Union Square. Wednesday morning. The victims are immigrants from the Philippines. They say they’ve been here for many years and nothing like this has ever happened to them before.
SAN FRANCISCO – Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month is off to an unsavory start with an unproved attack against two elderly Asian men in San Francisco Wednesday morning.
Two Filipino men, one aged 59 and another 78, were assaulted in an attack deemed unprovoked around 10:20 a.m. in the Union Square Area, according to authorities.
The incident occurred on Post and Kearny Streets.
San Francisco police said the victims claimed an unknown man got out of a vehicle, assaulted the two men, got back into the car and then fled the scene.
SFPD responded to the scene. Authorities say they have not ruled out hate being a motive for the attack.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the San Francisco Police Department at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 starting the message with SFPD. Anonymous reporting is available.
Brandon Boyd of Incubus performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on August 26, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Tickets for dozens of concerts and stand-up comedy shows around the Bay Area will be available for as little $25 later this month.
The relatively cheap price will get fans in to see acts like Meghan Trainor and Avril Lavigne at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, Missy Elliott at the Oakland Arena, Weezer at San Francisco’s Chase Center and many more.
The deals are part of Live Nation’s annual Concert Week promotion. The events will be held this summer and into the fall, but the cheap tickets will be on sale from May 8-14.
But there are ways to get early access. T-Mobile customers are eligible to start making purchases on May 7. Rakuten members also get access one day before the general public.
For more information, visit Live Nation’s Concert Week web page.
The participating venues include Concord’s Toyota Pavilion, Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre, the Oakland Arena and Paramount Theatre in Oakland, the Bill Graham Civi Auditorium, Chase Center, Cobb’s Comedy Club, the Fillmore, the Masonic and the Punch Line Comedy Club in San Francisco, San Jose’s SAP Center and San Jose Civic as well as the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa.
For a complete list of the Bay Area events that are part of Concert Week, see below.
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