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 ...

An ongoing legal battle between grunge icons Nirvana and fashion designer Marc Jacobs revolves around a blissed-out smiley face known to rock fans around the world — recognizable for its crooked ...

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 ...

By Annie Aguiar Oh, that lawsuit Nirvana filed against the fashion line Marc Jacobs for using its smiley face logo without permission? Nevermind. After more than a half-decade of litigation ...

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 Former Legal Editor-at-Large Marc Jacobs has doubts that Kurt Cobain created a smiley face design that is ... via counterclaims against Nirvana, the fashion designer seeks a ...

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 ...