Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marc Jacobs International wants to put an end to Nirvana’s copyright infringement suit, arguing the band doesn’t have legal rights ...

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 grin, ...

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, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A years-long legal fight over Nirvana‘s iconic smiley face logo could be headed for a major showdown, sparked by a former record ...

In case you didn’t know, Nirvana have been involved in a two-year copyright lawsuit over their smiley face logo. Now, a California graphic artist claims he created the iconic logo, not Kurt Cobain.

But Jacobs doubts that Cobain and his band created the smiley face logo in the first place, as The Hollywood Reporter revealed Wednesday (Nov. 27). Via the designer's counterclaims the previous day, ...

The Nirvana smiley face logo, allegedly designed by the late Kurt Cobain, has been the subject of a 6-year-long lawsuit between the band’s remaining members, designer Marc Jacobs, and Nirvana’s former ...

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 LLC sued high ...

The grunge band is locked in a three-way intellectual property war with a fashion designer and a former record label employee over the lucrative image. By Bill Donahue A years-long legal fight over ...

Marc Jacobs International wants to put an end to Nirvana’s copyright infringement suit, arguing the band doesn’t have legal rights to the image at the center of the case. “It is ironic how much ...