The general partnership which controls the Nirvana copyrights sued a Los Angeles art director Wednesday, alleging the designer falsely claims to own an interest in a smiley face logo the grunge-rock ...

You may think the phrase “million-dollar smile” is just a metaphor, but a smile could cost you millions of dollars in litigation damages if you aren’t careful, at least according to Nirvana LLC, the ...

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, the most ...

On the defensive for allegedly ripping off a design for a T-shirt, the fashion designer seeks to cancel the band's copyright registration. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Marc Jacobs has ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Dec 31, 2018 at 9:30 am December 31, 2018 at 12:02 ...

Frenchman Fights Wal-Mart for Smiley-Face RightsWal-Mart wants to trademark the yellow smiley face image for use in the United States retail sector. The retail giant uses the smiley face on uniforms ...

The Worcester Historical Museum is celebrating what would be the smiley face creator’s 100th birthday on July 10 with a contest calling for logos in likeness to Harvey Ball’s iconic design. The museum ...

The rock band Nirvana sued the fashion line after it announced a “Bootleg Redux Grunge” collection in 2018. By Annie Aguiar Oh, that lawsuit Nirvana filed against the fashion line Marc Jacobs for ...

Fashion brand Marc Jacobs has brought a countersuit against Nirvana, saying the band’s complaint that it ripped off a Kurt Cobain design for one of its T-shirts is “invalid and unenforceable.” Lawyers ...