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 ...

On Jan. 24, Fisher, who worked as an art director at Nirvana’s label DGC/Geffen Records during the time the band was beginning to ascend, claimed that he created the distinct smiley face logo ...

Nirvana has used the copyrighted smiley face design and logo continuously since 1992. Last year, high-end fashion label Marc Jocobs was sued by Nirvana members after the brand released a T-shirt ...

Fashion companies aren't usually keen on people counterfeiting their goods or misusing their logo, even if it's for satirical purposes. But some have a curiously relaxed approach when it comes to ...

UPDATE: After this article was published, Marc Jacobs filed a countersuit Nirvana that seeks to invalidate the band’s copyright registration of the X-Eye Smiley Face logo. Among homo sapiens ...

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 ...

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 ...

Also included in the motion is a side-by-side chart comparing the components of the Nirvana logo to the imagery used by Marc Jacobs, as well as positive comments made by Love and her daughter with ...