(KRON)—The Port of Oakland fired back at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on Wednesday for allegedly “manipulating results” in a survey, wrongfully claiming people are getting confused about Oakland’s new “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” name change.  “SFO continues to manufacture confusion under the cloak of its legal filings,” said Port of Oakland Director of Aviation Craig Simon. “Their tactics create an anti-competitive environment that does a disservice to all travelers coming to the Bay Area.” Travelers allegedly confused over Oakland airport name change, SF sues In May, the Oakland airport’s new name change was unanimously approved by the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners.  In September, SFO filed opposition papers against OAK to prevent it from using the new name, claiming people were getting “confused” about the new name and even reporting passengers accidentally showing up to the wrong airport the day of their flight.  On Wednesday, Port of Oakland officials fired back at SFO, not only claiming that their evidence was not factual, but even claiming that Oakland has more of a right to the name than SFO itself.  The Port of Oakland cited the following in highlighting what is called SFO's "lack of adequate evidence of confusion": “A handful of unauthenticated online social media opinion posts”  “Flawed consumer survey with manufactured stimuli and manipulated results” “Passenger confusion ‘log’ created for litigation by unidentified airport volunteers” “A curated selection of communications expressing opinions about the Port’s consideration of a new name for its Airport as the totality of its confusion evidence” OAK officials claim it is an “undisputed fact” that the Oakland airport is located on the shores of the SF Bay. “It is important to note that SFO is located along the San Francisco Bay in San Mateo County.” Officials also claim OAK is the closest major airport to most of the Bay Area population. “The combined population of the counties closest to OAK is 4.1 million compared with 1.5 million in San Francisco and San Mateo counties.” To support their point, Port of Oakland officials included declarations from Southwest Airlines—which operates out of both OAK and SFO—and Spirit Airlines.  “These declarations describe how their customers search for—and book—flights, in contrast to SFO’s allegations that included a fictitious Southwest Airlines page,” Port of Oakland officials said, claiming these declarations help clarify “a commercial marketplace that is actually devoid of confusion.”  Despite Port of Oakland officials claiming SFO is “ignoring the realities of the marketplace” and relying on “inadequate evidence," San Francisco officials are claiming the same thing back. “Oakland’s brief shortcuts the analysis of trademark infringement, including San Francisco’s evidence showing why consumer confusion is likely. That many people, including media outlets, have documented the confusion only reinforces that conclusion. Blatantly ignoring reality is an interesting legal strategy. We look forward to presenting our case to the Court.” Jen Kwart, Communication Director for the Office of SF City Attorney David Chiu told KRON4 Port-MPA-in-Opposition-to-PI-MotionDownload Courts will consider the Port of Oakland’s motion for a preliminary injunction on Nov. 7.