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 ...

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 famous ...

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 that has ...

The rock band Nirvana sued the fashion line after it announced a “Bootleg Redux Grunge” collection in 2018. By Annie Aguiar Oh, that lawsuit Nirvana filed against the fashion line Marc Jacobs for ...

July 9 (Reuters) - LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA), opens new tab fashion label Marc Jacobs, artist Robert Fisher and the surviving members of rock band Nirvana are settling a lawsuit over the rights to the band ...

A new twist has entered the more than three-year copyright and trademark battle with designer Marc Jacobs over the use of Nirvana’s smiley face logo. Graphic artist Robert Fisher, who worked with the ...

“When an alleged infringer knowingly adopts a trademark that is similar to the trademark of another, the court is allowed to presume that the public will be ...