“Logo Text A Federal Judge Has Rejented Pepperdine University’s Bid for A Court Order To Block Netflix from Releasing Parts of Episodes Team’s Trademarks. The Legal Battle Revolves AROUND A LAWSUIT PEPPERDINE University Filed Against Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday account”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
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 It Basketball Team’s Trademarks.
The Legal Battle Revolves AROUND A LAWSUIT PEPPERDINE University Filed Against Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday accounting IT of Trademark Infringment. It said that nba team at the center of Running Point “Bears A Striking RESEMBLANCE IN BRANDING TO PUPPERDININE’S Longstanding and Well-Known Waves Athletics Program.”
In a statement at the Time, Pepperdine University Senior Vice President Sean Burnett Said that School “Established ITSELF as a Christian University Program ”but that“ Netflix Continues to Promote Running Pointa new series that have misappRoprified our trademarked name, the Waves, Our Colors, Blue and Orange, Our Hometown of Los Angeles, and Even the Year Were Founded AS.
The Real-Life Pepperdine Waves Basketball Uniform, Circa 2019.
He added, “Given this Flagrant Disregard for Our Intellectual Property and the Damage to Our Institutional Identity, Together with Netflix’s An An Warner Bros. ” ” Continued Refusal to Resolve Pepperdine’s Concerns, We Belve It Necessary to Seek Court Inter. ”
US DISTRICT Judge Cynthia Valenzuela Found that Netflix’s Use of the Waves’ Marks “Does Not Explicitly Mislead Consumers As To The Source of The Works.” She stressed that show’s Title Cards Show to Viewers That Netflix, WBD and Mindy Kaling Are Responsible for the Series.
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