accusing the show of “misappropriation of the university’s brand” with the logo for its fictional Los Angeles-based basketball team The Waves. Three players for Pepperdine University’s The ...

Sean Burnett, Pepperdine’s senior vice president ... accusing the show of “misappropriation of the university’s brand” with the logo for the show’s basketball team, The Waves.

In "Running Point," Hudson becomes president of the Los Angeles Waves, which bears blue and orange colors and a wave logo. Pepperdine claims it to be a striking resemblance to the university's ...

Confusion among consumers? In the complaint, the university said the fictitious basketball team's logo, branding, and colors were "strikingly similar" to Pepperdine's real-life sports franchise.

In a statement, the Christian university in Malibu says the logo in the show “bears a striking resemblance in branding to Pepperdine’s longstanding and well-known Waves athletics program.

accusing the show of “misappropriation of the university’s brand” with the logo for the show’s basketball team, The Waves. According to a statement shared by Pepperdine, the team logo in the show ...