Nirvana have owned the trademark for the logo since 1992. Cobain reportedly created it for a 1991 Nevermind – era gig flier. However, back in November 2019, Jacobs filed a countersuit against ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES – Fashion label Marc Jacobs, artist Robert Fisher and Nirvana’s company have agreed to settle a Los Angeles lawsuit over use of a smiley face logo the grunge-rock band placed on ...

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.

The yellow-on-black styling of the logo and the typeface used on the shirts were also too similar to Nirvana’s recognizable designs, the band’s lawyers argued.

Also included in the motion is a side-by-side chart comparing the components of the Nirvana logo to the imagery used by Marc Jacobs, as well as positive comments made by Love and her daughter with ...

The Nirvana smiley face logo, allegedly designed by the late Kurt Cobain, has been the subject of a 6-year-long lawsuit between the band’s remaining members, designer Marc Jacobs, and Nirvana ...

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 ...