He said he designed the smiley face for a Nirvana t-shirt in 1991. Nirvana went on to register the copyright for the logo in 1993. Initially, Marc Jacobs claimed that the designs weren't that ...

Nirvana sued Marc Jacobs International in 2018 after the company launched a “Redux Grunge” collection that featured a smiley face that resembled a bit too much the band’s iconic logo ...