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, created 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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

In the latest twist in Nirvana’s two-year-old copyright and trademark battle with designer Marc Jacobs over the use of the band’s smiley face design, a California graphic artist has stepped ...

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 ...

Nirvana’s Smiley Face Logo If you thought the image of a yellow smiley face was too common to be owned by anyone, then think again. In 1991 when Seattle-based grunge band Nirvana rose to stardom ...

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 ...

CREDIT: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Nirvana and fashion brand Marc Jacobs have settled a copyright dispute over the band’s infamous smiley face logo. In 2018, Nirvana sued Marc Jacobs International ...