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Pepperdine University Sues Netflix & Warner Bros. Over ‘Running Point’ Trademark Infringement

February 21, 2025
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Pepperdine University Sues Netflix & Warner Bros. Over ‘Running Point’ Trademark Infringement
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Ahead of its Netflix premiere on Feb. 27, Mindy Kaling‘s new sports comedy series Running Point is already making waves.

On Thursday, Pepperdine University announced a trademark infringement lawsuit against Netflix and Warner Bros., accusing the show of “misappropriation of the university’s brand” with the logo for its fictional Los Angeles-based basketball team The Waves.

According to a statement shared by the Malibu-based Christian university, the team logo in the show “bears a striking resemblance in branding to Pepperdine’s longstanding and well-known Waves athletics program. The series prominently features a team name, colors, and other indicia that are identical or highly similar to Pepperdine’s, as well as the number ’37’, which is closely associated with the university’s history and mascot.”

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The school also has “deep concerns about some of the series’ themes, which include explicit content, substance use, nudity, and profanity—elements that are inconsistent with Pepperdine’s Christian values and reputation.”

Pepperdine claims the school has made multiple attempts to resolve the issue amicably with Netflix and Warner Bros., but both “have refused to take any remediating action.”

Created by Kaling, Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen, Running Point stars Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon, who is appointed president of her family’s professional basketball franchise, the Los Angeles Waves, after a scandal forces her brother to resign. Ambitious and often overlooked, Isla will have to prove to her skeptical brothers, the board, and the larger sports community that she was the right choice for the job.

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