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Nirvana Sues Designer Marc Jacobs for Stealing Iconic Smiley Face Logo
The company even uses the word "grunge" in the fashion line
By: Anthony Capobianco
Uh oh. This smells like copyright infringement.
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According to TMZ, the iconic 90's grunge band Nirvana has filed a lawsuit against fashion designer Marc Jacobs over the use of the band's smiley-face logo without permission.
The legendary logo is proudly worn by fans below:

As part of the clothing brand's "Bootleg Grunge Redux" collection, the design takes Nirvana's famous logo by replacing the X-eyes with its initials with "Heaven" written above in the band's font. Take a look below:
Nirvana is suing Marc Jacobs for copying its famous Smiley Face logo for the recently re-released Grunge collection. https://t.co/ZJlt5AmRKs pic.twitter.com/bc4wOQ6XT6
— TFL (@TheFashionLaw) December 29, 2018
The band trademarked the image in 1992 and never granted Marc Jacobs permission to use or adjust the original design.