Salt Lake airport sues over federal motto
Salt Lake City is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the use of the city airport's Simpli-fly
motto.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday the trademark lawsuit filed Monday claims the federal government use of the term SimpliFLY
to market its security information services is illegal.
Because of the similarity between the marks used by (the Transportation Security Administration) and (the airport), prospective users of the services are likely to be deceived, mistaken or confused as to the source or origin of (the TSA's) services,
the lawsuit claims.
In the lawsuit, the city claims it asked the federal government twice to stop using the moniker SimpliFly
but says TSA continues to use the motto, which it says is remarkable similar to its trademark.
The newspaper reported that Salt Lake City's Simpli-fly
trademark was registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2005 to designate the airport's telephone information services, the suit claims.
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