A lawsuit filed by Pepperdine University against Netflix over Running Point, its soon-to-launch comedy series based on a semi-fictionalized Los Angeles pro basketball team named the Waves, accuses the streaming giant and production company Warner Bros.

The lawsuit claims the show promotes themes that don’t correspond to the university’s values, including alcohol and substance use, sexual innuendo and imagery, and foul language.

Pepperdine University sued Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday, claiming their upcoming comedy series about a Los Angeles pro basketball team called the Waves violates the school's trademarks.

Netflix’s new show Running Point has come under fire even before it is released. Pepperdine University, a private University in Malibu, California has filed a lawsuit against Netflix and Warner Bros.

Pepperdine University is suing Netflix and Warner Bros., alleging the studios infringed on multiple trademarks with the fictional Waves basketball team in the new Mindy Kaling series 'Running Point.'

Mindy Kaling's new Netflix show 'Running Point' has triggered a lawsuit from a WCC school for trademark infringement.

Pepperdine University filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Netflix and Warner Bros. Entertainment, alleging the companies infringed on the university's trademarks in their upcoming series "Running Point.

Pepperdine University has filed a lawsuit against Netflix and Warner Bros. for trademark infringement, alleging in federal court that Mindy Kaling’s new comedy series “Running Point” intentionally centers on a fictional basketball team that strongly resembles the university’s actual squad,