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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 ...
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 ...
Lawyers for Nirvana could not be reached for comment. Nirvana sued Marc Jacobs in December 2018, claiming the band owned the smiley face logo through copyright.
An artist from California has claimed that he created Nirvana’s iconic smiley face logo, not Kurt Cobain. As reported on Billboard, Robert Fisher, a freelance graphic designer, filed a motion on ...
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.
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 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 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 ...
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.