Nirvana, Marc Jacobs to settle lawsuit over smiley-face logo
By Blake Brittain
July 9 (Reuters) -LVMH-owned LVMH.PA 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 document filed in California federal court on Tuesday.
The parties told the court that they had accepted a mediator's proposals to resolve their dispute and would finalize settlement agreements within 21 days.
Attorneys for Nirvana, Marc Jacobs and Fisher and spokespeople for Marc Jacobs and Nirvana's label Universal Music Group UMG.AS did not immediately respond to requests for comment and more details on the settlement.
Nirvana, grunge-rock pioneers and one of the best-selling bands of all time, sued Marc Jacobs in 2018 over the logo, a crudely drawn face with crossed-out eyes and a tongue-out smile. Nirvana told the court that Marc Jacobs had been using a "virtually identical" logo on its "Bootleg Redux Grunge" clothing collection without permission.
Nirvana's surviving members said that late lead singer Kurt Cobain created the logo. New York-based Marc Jacobs responded in 2019 that the band's company, Nirvana LLC, lacked enforceable rights in the logo.
Fisher asked to join the case in 2020 and said that he created the logo while working with the band in 1991, when he was an art director its label Geffen Records.
U.S. District Judge John Kronstadt said in 2023 that Geffen, not Fisher, would have owned the logo if Fisher made it, but did not decide whether Cobain or Fisher had created it.
The case is Nirvana LLC v. Marc Jacobs International LLC, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, No. 2:18-cv-10743.
For Nirvana: Mark Lee of Rimon PC; Bert Deixler and Patrick Somers of Kendall Brill & Kelly
For Marc Jacobs: Michael Zinna of Kelley Drye & Warren
For Fisher: Inge De Bruyn of Modo Law
Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington
免責聲明: XM Group提供線上交易平台的登入和執行服務，允許個人查看和/或使用網站所提供的內容，但不進行任何更改或擴展其服務和訪問權限，並受以下條款與條例約束：（i）條款與條例；（ii）風險提示；（iii）完全免責聲明。網站內部所提供的所有資訊，僅限於一般資訊用途。請注意，我們所有的線上交易平台內容並不構成，也不被視為進入金融市場交易的邀約或邀請 。金融市場交易會對您的投資帶來重大風險。
所有缐上交易平台所發佈的資料，僅適用於教育/資訊類用途，不包含也不應被視爲適用於金融、投資稅或交易相關諮詢和建議，或是交易價格紀錄，或是任何金融商品或非應邀途徑的金融相關優惠的交易邀約或邀請。
本網站的所有XM和第三方所提供的内容，包括意見、新聞、研究、分析、價格其他資訊和第三方網站鏈接，皆爲‘按原狀’，並作爲一般市場評論所提供，而非投資建議。請理解和接受，所有被歸類為投資研究範圍的相關内容，並非爲了促進投資研究獨立性，而根據法律要求所編寫，而是被視爲符合營銷傳播相關法律與法規所編寫的内容。請確保您已詳讀並完全理解我們的非獨立投資研究提示和風險提示資訊，相關詳情請點擊 這裡查看。
