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

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 ...

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 first licensed the use of the smiley face logo, designed by deceased Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain in 1992, and it has been continuously used to identify Nirvana’s music and licensed ...

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 ...

Fashion label Marc Jacobs, artist Robert Fisher and Nirvana’s company are close to settling a Los Angeles lawsuit over use of a smiley face logo the grunge-rock band placed on its T-shirts ...

Nirvana, through the firm that manages the band's copyrights, has struck back at a designer who maintains he created the band's distinct smiley face logo. On Monday (Jan. 24), Nirvana LLC, the ...

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.

Ownership Rights in the Smiley Face Design. While companies like Nirvana, Wal-Mart, and Eat n’ Park might claim IP rights to the depiction of a smiley face, many believe that the original yellow ...

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 ...

Nirvana, grunge-rock pioneers and one of the best-selling bands of all time, sued Marc Jacobs in 2018 over the logo, a crudely drawn face with crossed-out eyes and a tongue-out smile.