Marc Jacobs countersues Nirvana in T-shirt copyright dispute
Jacobs’ lawyers argue that case against him has ‘numerous deficiencies’, in dispute over smiley face logo that appears in his designs
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs has filed a lawsuit against Nirvana, after he was sued by them for breaching copyright of their smiley face logo and signature font in a T-shirt design.
The original lawsuit was filed against Jacobs in January, accusing him of being “oppressive, fraudulent and malicious” in creating the designs, which, it was argued, “threaten to dilute the value of Nirvana’s licenses with its licensees for clothing products”.