By Bill Donahue A years-long legal fight over Nirvana‘s iconic smiley face logo could be headed for a major showdown, sparked by a former record label art designer who says he, not Kurt Cobain ...

The Harley-Davidson seal. And then there's the Summerfest smiley face. Designed by Noel Spangler and Richard D. Grant, the logo — a thick, macaroni noodle-like red smile curling up around ...

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 ...

which was defined by a smiley face logo. The Marc Jacobs version features an M and a J instead of Xs for its eyes (as in the Nirvana version), and it reads “HEAVEN” instead of “NIRVANA” in ...

At the center of the lawsuit are copyright and trademark infringement allegations regarding the use of Nirvana’s smiley face logo on a line of designer clothing made by Marc Jacobs. Nirvana ...

artist Robert Fisher and the surviving members of rock band Nirvana are settling a lawsuit over the rights to the band's "smiley face" logo, according to a document filed in California federal ...

Walmart is bringing back its famous Smiley face icon after a 10-year hiatus and ... "Terms are confidential but Walmart is authorized to use their logo for these new advertising campaigns ...

While some bands and companies boast an elaborate logo and flashy advertising, for the ’90s grunge band out of Seattle—Nirvana—it was a modest squiggly-mouthed smiley face with Xs for eyes ...