A complicated years-long three-way lawsuit involving Nirvana's famous smiley face logo has now been quietly settled out of court. The band sued Marc Jacobs in 2018, claiming the fashion designer ...

A complicated years-long three-way lawsuit involving Nirvana's famous smiley face logo has now been quietly settled out of court. The band sued Marc Jacobs in 2018, claiming the fashion designer ...

After several years, and a few unexpected twists, Nirvana and Marc Jacobs have settled a copyright dispute over the band’s smiley face logo, which also raised questions about the origins of the ...

Nirvana and Marc Jacobs have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit over a T-shirt that allegedly ripped off the band's smiley face logo.

In January 2022, a firm managing Nirvana's copyrights denied a claim from a graphic artist who took credit for the grunge band’s famous smiley face logo.

In a twist in Nirvana’s copyright battle with Marc Jacobs over the band’s smiley face design, a California artist says he created the logo, not Kurt Cobain.

In Nirvana's copyright dispute with Marc Jacobs over its smiley-face logo, the band said Kurt Cobain created it. Now, their art director says he did.

Lawyers for Nirvana, the alternative rock band, first filed a copyright claim against Marc Jacobs in December over a T-shirt with a smiley face on it.

Marc Jacobs Countersues Nirvana Over Smiley Face Design On the defensive for allegedly ripping off a design for a T-shirt, the fashion designer seeks to cancel the band's copyright registration.

The smiley face logo is used in several items in the “Bootleg Redux Grunge” collection including a T-shirt, sweatshirt and a pair of socks. Each item has replaced the classic Nirvana text at ...

According to TMZ, the band is suing the designer for using its iconic smiley face on an incredibly lame shirt, which is part of Jacobs’ equally lame Bootleg Redux Grunge collection. Sigh, what a ...