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.

The airport’s name, San Francisco Bay Oakland International, suggested that the “lower rated airport” was associated with San Francisco, a federal judge said in a temporary order.

The two cities have been at odds since this spring, when the Port of Oakland announced it was adding “San Francisco Bay” to the name of the airport as part of a strategy to boost passenger traffic by emphasizing the city’s geographic place in the San Francisco Bay Area.