E‑ZPass is not owned by a single private company; it is a toll system used by a consortium of state transportation agencies called the E‑ZPass Group, and the E‑ZPass trademark itself is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Individual states and toll authorities in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. join this consortium and contract with private vendors to operate customer service centers and tolling technology, but those vendors do not “own” E‑Pass.