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 sued Marc Jacobs International in 2018 after the company launched a “Redux Grunge” collection featuring a sweatshirt with a smiley face image similar to Nirvana’s happy face logo.

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 sued designer Marc Jacobs in December ... or performing group” and “simple emoticons such as the typical smiley face” as examples of things that don’t qualify for copyright projection.

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 ...

A firm managing Nirvana's copyrights has refuted a graphic artist's ownership claim over the grunge band’s famous smiley face logo. The complicated legal drama began in 2018 when 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 ...

In documents filed Friday in a California federal court and obtained by Billboard, the designer’s lawyers argue Nirvana does not own the copyright to the smiley face design, that the ...

By Eriq Gardner Marc Jacobs has doubts that Kurt Cobain created a smiley face design that is the subject of an ongoing legal fight. On Tuesday, via counterclaims against Nirvana, the fashion ...

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. The band alleges that this is “virtually ...

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. The band alleges that this is “virtually ...