Wal-Mart grabbed the image as it’s corporate logo in 1996 and fought The Smiley company over it and finally settled in 2007, the terms unknown. And the man who first came up with it made $45 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nirvana’s smiley face logo has X’s for eyes and a wavy smile with a tongue sticking out. Credit... Dan Wilton/PYMCA, via Avalon, via Getty Images. By Annie Aguiar. July 20, 2024.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The rock band has used its smiley face logo since the early 1990s. In addition to the poster for the release party for the “Nevermind” album, the symbol has been included on T-shirts, hoodies ...

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 ...

Nirvana, grunge-rock pioneers and one of the best-selling bands of all time, sued Marc Jacobs in 2018 over the logo, a crudely drawn face with crossed-out eyes and a tongue-out smile.

The rock band first filed the lawsuit against Marc Jacobs in 2018, when the brand released its “Bootleg Redux Grunge” T-shirts and sweatshirts, which featured happy face graphics that Nirvana ...