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 ...

For many years, even after Cobain’s death in 1994, they were the biggest band in the world. The group released their debut LP, ... which included a very clear rip-off of the smiley face logo.

The rock band has used its smiley face logo since the early 1990s. In addition to the poster for the release party for the “Nevermind” album, the symbol has been included on T-shirts, hoodies ...

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 ...

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 ...