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’s former ...

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 famed ...

Many band logos are hugely famous – everyone recognises The Rolling Stones' tongue and Nirvana's smiley face. They're on T-shirts, merch, and if you see them on a news story, you'll know which band ...

After six years of litigation, Nirvana has settled its lawsuit against Marc Jacobs over its use of an illustration strikingly similar to its signature “X”-eyed smiley face logo. In a notice filed in ...

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 ...