The grunge band is locked in a three-way intellectual ... 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 ...

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 ...

A complicated years-long three-way lawsuit involving Nirvana's famous smiley face logo has now been quietly ... shirt from the so-called Bootleg Redux Grunge collection that mimicked the image.

Nirvana is suing Marc Jacobs International, alleging that the fashion brand is infringing on the band’s copyright for its smiley face logo. According to the complaint, the late Kurt Cobain ...

Nirvana sued Marc Jacobs International in 2018 after the company launched a “Redux Grunge” collection featuring a sweatshirt with a smiley face image similar to Nirvana’s happy face logo.

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 ...

the smiley face has had a winding journey, one that has seen it go from commercial henchman to the mascot of raves, grunge, drug culture, and edginess. This content can also be viewed on the site ...

TMZ is reporting that the Nirvana camp is suing high-end fashion designer Marc Jacobs for stealing their iconic smiley face logo. Jacobs' new product line, titled Bootleg Redux Grunge, features a ...

The copyright infringement lawsuit concerns Marc Jacobs’ “Bootleg Redux Grunge” clothing line, which bears a striking similarity to Nirvana’s famous smiley face logo. In similar coloration ...

The “Redux Grunge Collection” was unveiled in November 2018 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Marc Jacobs’ SS93 Grunge Collection, which was defined by a smiley face logo.

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, which ...