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A judge has temporarily ordered Oakland International Airport in California to stop using the name "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport" as the cities' legal battle plays out.

In May 2024, Oakland International Airport announced that it wanted to change its name to San Francisco Bay Oakland ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court has temporarily blocked Oakland Airport from using its new name, San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. The court agreed with the City of San Francisco ...

Judge temporarily bars airport officials in Oakland from using San Francisco Bay as part of its name.

A federal judge has ordered Oakland airport officials to stop using "San Francisco Bay" in its name, amid a trademark dispute with San Francisco officials.

Oakland port officials filed an appeal this week after a federal judge ordered them to stop using the name “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” while a lawsuit plays out.

Travelers walking towards Terminal 2 at San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport earlier this year. A new lawsuit calls the name "confusing." Getty Images Fog-geddaboutit!

After Oakland changed the name of its airport earlier this year, San Francisco’s city attorney on Tuesday asked a federal judge to block the change as part of a trademark infringement lawsuit.

A federal judge said including the city name in Oakland's airport name may damage the reputation of the larger and better-rated San Francisco International Airport.