"operator || cannot be applied to 'null', boolean'" error

package com.katedoughertywriter.interactivestory;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.content.Intent;

public class StoryActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    // Create a tag that will show the name of the class in the Android Monitor log (called below)
    public static final String TAG = StoryActivity.class.getSimpleName();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_story);

    Intent intent = getIntent();
        // Get the name the user passed in from the MainActivity intent
        // which is stored as a string in resources/strings.xml
    String name = intent.getStringExtra(getString(R.string.key_name));
    //Check if name is null (user typed nothing) or if it's empty (user typed a space or empty string)
    if (name === null || name.isEmpty()) {
        name = "Friend";
    }
        // Create log in Android Monitor to make sure that the new name is now available
        // in this activity
        log.d(TAG, name);
    }
}