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The Board held that while neither parties’ respective smiley face logos were inherently distinctive, Wal-Mart’s logo had acquired distinctiveness in the United States while Loufrani’s had not.
Marc Jacobs has doubts that Kurt Cobain created a smiley face design that is the subject of an ongoing legal fight. On Tuesday, via counterclaims against Nirvana, the fashion designer seeks a ...
Nirvana's attorneys state 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 on ...
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 ...
The estate of the iconic rock band Nirvana has reportedly launched legal proceedings against designer Marc Jacobs over the use of their smiley face design. According to a report in Clash Magazine ...
Eat'n Park, a Pennsylvania bakery and restaurant chain, says it has caught Plano-based Cookies by Design selling smiley-face cookies that it says are "confusingly similar" to its own. And it's suing.
Smiley Face Cookie Co. St. Louis-area bakery Smiley Face Cookie could lose its name and design to chain Hannah Wyman | Post-Dispatch Dec 18, 2024 0 Loaded 0% 0:00 ...
A variety of individuals have claimed credit for the smiley-face design, but many attribute its global recognition to France-Soir, the newspaper in which it appeared on January 1, 1972. Smiley has ...