When Cleveland Metroparks Zoo attempted to contact the Pittsburgh Zoo and request its event be re-branded, the Pittsburgh Zoo did not reply, the lawsuit alleges. The Pittsburgh Zoo's light festival has been advertised as the "Asian Lantern Festival," despite Cleveland Metroparks Zoo not authorizing the use of the name.
The Pittsburgh Zoo then entered into a contract with Tianyu to present a light show in 2021. The lawsuit also alleges that staff from the Pittsburgh Zoo came to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Asian Lantern Festival in 2020 to see if their zoo should host a light show of its own.
The lawsuit filed by Cleveland Metroparks Zoo says no other park, zoo or recreational entity in Ohio or in Western Pennsylvania was using the name "Asian Lantern Festival" before 2018, when it was introduced in Cleveland. Since 2018, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has hosted a light show in partnership with Tianyu, a business that organizes "beautiful light displays, festivals, and exhibits in zoos, botanical gardens, fairgrounds, and other venues around the world.”īefore the partnership, Tianyu presented its light shows under the name "China Lights," but Cleveland Metroparks Zoo originated the new name for the event specific to zoo, calling it "Asian Lantern Festival," according to court documents.
CLEVELAND - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Zoo over the use of the name "Asian Lantern Festival" for a zoo event.Īccording to the case filing, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is calling for action against "trademark infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin" it claims the Pittsburgh Zoo committed by promoting its own inaugural light show scheduled to begin this summer.
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