San Francisco has sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport
San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that includes 'San Francisco'
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The city of San Francisco has sued the city of Oakland, claiming that plans to rename the airport would infringe on its trademark and “cause confusion.” San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed a federal lawsuit Thursday after the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners approved a plan to rename the Metropolitan Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO >> San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying the change will cause confusion and is already affecting its airport financially.
The fight over a Bay Area airport name change just took a legal turn. San Francisco filed suit against Oakland to stop the proposed name change of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. Last week, the Port of Oakland's Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to proceed with the change even after San Francisco officials threatened to sue, arguing "trademark infringement." "Those two names are clearly similar and very likely to cause confusion and thus...
A longtime homeless shelter in a Sarnia church has gone drug free. River City Vineyard pastor George Esser said the decision was made after an uptick in thefts, property damage and altercations at the 69-bed shelter. “We have never seen it this chaotic,” he said in a release. Experience has shown shelter officials they can’t […]
The city of San Francisco is suing the city of Oakland over the latter's plan to rename its airport to include "San Francisco."
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