A federal judge has rejected Pepperdine University’s bid for a court order to block Netflix from releasing parts of episodes of its upcoming series Running Point that allegedly infringe on its basketball team’s trademarks.
With the denial on Wednesday of the temporary restraining order, Netflix will continue with plans to release the sports comedy tomorrow.
The legal battle revolves around a lawsuit Pepperdine University filed against Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday accusing it of trademark infringement. It said that the NBA team at the center of Running Point “bears a striking resemblance in branding to Pepperdine’s longstanding and well-known Waves athletics program.”
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In a statement at the time, Pepperdine University senior vp Sean Burnett said that the school “established itself as a Christian University committed to academic excellence and a world-class athletics program” but that “Netflix continues
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