MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — There’s an event called “Summer Fest” in Minneapolis this weekend, and Milwaukee’s Summerfest organizers aren’t happy about it.
Milwaukee World Festival, Incorporated has filed a trademark lawsuit against the Minnesota Twins for hosting a music festival at the Twins’ home stadium, Target Field, called “Summer Fest.”
The lawsuit says the name of the Minnesota event is “confusingly similar in its entertainment and advertising” to Milwaukee’s Summerfest.
The suit filed Thursday adds that a Facebook ad the Twins posted for the event led to comments wondering if the Minneapolis event was associated with Milwaukee’s Summerfest.
Milwaukee World Festival has held a federal trademark for the name Summerfest since 1972.
