Fashion companies aren't usually keen on people counterfeiting their goods or misusing their logo, even if it's for satirical purposes. But some have a curiously relaxed approach when it comes to ...

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 Kurt Cobain.

LOS ANGELES – Fashion label Marc Jacobs, artist Robert Fisher and Nirvana’s company have agreed to settle a Los Angeles lawsuit over use of a smiley face logo the grunge-rock band placed on ...

On Jan. 24, Fisher, who worked as an art director at Nirvana’s label DGC/Geffen Records during the time the band was beginning to ascend, claimed that he created the distinct smiley face logo ...

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 ...

UPDATE: After this article was published, Marc Jacobs filed a countersuit Nirvana that seeks to invalidate the band’s copyright registration of the X-Eye Smiley Face logo. Among homo sapiens ...

That includes its seminal smiley face shirt and logo, which helped launch Nirvana’s second album, Nevermind. The Nirvana Sentry Wobble all-black sports the band’s legendary smiley face ...

Nirvana is suing Marc Jacobs International, alleging that the fashion brand is infringing on the band’s copyright for its smiley face logo. According to the complaint, the late Kurt Cobain ...

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 ...