The logo that the fashion line Marc Jacobs used to promote a grunge collection looks like Nirvana’s, with an “M” and “J” in place of the X’s. Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for Marc Jacobs ...

Nirvana first brought the suit in Dec. 2018, accusing Marc Jacobs of copyright and trademark infringement over a T-shirt they said ripped off the band’s signature happy face design — with X ...

In 2018, Nirvana sued Marc Jacobs International after the company debuted a “Redux Grunge” collection, which included a shirt resembling Nirvana’s smiley face logo.

In Nirvana's copyright dispute with Marc Jacobs over its smiley-face logo, the band said Kurt Cobain created it. Now, their art director says he did.

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 ...

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, created the ...

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 ...

Nirvana's attorneys alleged that the company has used the smiley face design and logo continuously since 1992 to identify its music and licensed merchandise. The design has been licensed for use ...

The Marc Jacobs version features an M and a J instead of Xs for its eyes (as in the Nirvana version), and it reads “HEAVEN” instead of “NIRVANA” in a typeface similar to the band’s font.

Nirvana alleges that Marc Jacobs has used the band’s common law trademarks and infringed the band’s copyright in the smiley face logo in a misleading way in order to make it appear that Marc ...

Nirvana logo appears on three items in latest Marc Jacobs collection The products in question – a T-shirt, a sweater and socks – are part of Jacobs' reissued Bootleg Redux Grunge collection.