Wal-Mart grabbed the image as it’s corporate logo in 1996 and fought The Smiley company over it and finally settled in 2007, the terms unknown. And the man who first came up with it made $45 ...

A former Geffen Records art director claims that he, not Kurt Cobain, created Nirvana’s smiley-face logo, which has been at the center of a legal dispute between the band and designer Marc Jacobs.

According to Nirvana LLC’s Complaint, the X-Eye Smiley Face design and logo was created by Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain “in about 1991.” However, ...

Nirvana’s logo – a yellow smiley face with X’d-out eyes — first appeared during promotion for 1991’s Nevermind.The design eventually became something of an unofficial emblem for the band ...

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 ...

“He was also not aware that, back in 1993, Nirvana, Inc. registered the copyright for the Happy Face t-shirt design, naming itself as the author,” De Bruyn says.

In a twist in Nirvana’s copyright battle with Marc Jacobs over the band’s smiley face design, a California artist says he created the logo, not Kurt Cobain.

The dismissal argues the smiley face design which appears on a Marc Jacobs T-shirt, sweatshirt and a pair of socks did not copy elements of Nirvana’s happy face logo.

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 ...

UPDATE: Marc Jacobs has filed a countersuit against Nirvana, questioning whether or not Kurt Cobain actually created the band’s smiley face logo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new ...

As former Journal Sentinel columnist Jim Stingl noted in 2013, we’ve seen five different Betty Crockers during that time span, and Pepsi has tweaked its logo four times since Summerfest began.

The man who designed the iconic Summerfest smiley face has died.According to a report from the medical examiner's office, Noel Spangler fell at his home last month and later developed COVID-19 ...