The response explains that the Los Angeles-based basketball team’s name is a “nod to the real-life Lakers and evokes the LA area where the team plays.” “It would make no creative or ...

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.

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. Pepperdine University also ...