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.

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

Nirvana’s logo – a yellow smiley face with X’d-out eyes — first appeared during promotion for 1991’s Nevermind.The design eventually became something of an unofficial emblem for the band ...

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 ...

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 ...

We’ve heard of “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle”, but “Nirvana Will Have Their Revenge on Marc Jacobs“!? Apparently so. According to TMZ, the band is suing the designer ...

Fashion brand Marc Jacobs has brought a countersuit against Nirvana, saying the band’s complaint that it ripped off a Kurt Cobain design for one of its T-shirts is “invalid and unenforceable.” ...

The original Nirvana smiley face T-shirt design, left, and the Marc Jacobs Bootleg Grunge tee. (Shop.Nirvana.com, MarcJacobs.com Photos) Just when you thought 25 years might be enough time for ...

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.

Nirvana initially sued designer Marc Jacobs in December of 2018 over a shirt in his Redux Grunge collection, the (aptly named?) ”Bootleg Grunge tee.” ...

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 ...