LVMH-owned fashion label Marc Jacobs, artist Robert Fisher and the surviving members of rock band Nirvana are settling a lawsuit over the rights to the band's "smiley face" logo, according to a ...

Marc Jacobs’s smiley face, which was part of both clothing designs and general marketing promotion for the collection, looks the same but swaps in an “M” and “J” for the X’s.

It all started in 2018, when Marc Jacobs designed a sweater with what was seemingly the Nirvana smiley face logo on the front. Only, instead of Xs for eyes, it included Jacobs’ initials.

Fashion houses Fendi and Marc Jacobs have been sued for trademark infringement in the United States District Court for the Central District of California by another clothing company known as Roma ...

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 ...

Business Entertainment Fashion Retail Who’s smiling now? Nirvana and Marc Jacobs settle logo lawsuit July 23, 2024 at 10:30 am Updated July 23, 2024 at 10:30 am By Annie Aguiar ...

Marc Jacobs then countersued the band in 2019, claiming that the copyright claim was not valid because Nirvana could not verify the logo’s creator.

Nirvana sued Marc Jacobs International in 2018 after the company launched a “Redux Grunge” collection featuring a sweatshirt with a smiley face image similar to Nirvana’s happy face logo.