The Smiley face—we all know it. The universal yellow and black face with its signature upturned grin, a quintessential pop culture symbol, is officially 50 years old this year. Trademarked by ...

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 ...

The smiley face design, according to Boyce, is one of multiple ’ 90s-inspired prints (think aliens and peace signs) trending in the manicure world.

The smiley face design that Ball ultimately submitted took him about 10 minutes, the museum says, and he was paid $240 for the entire campaign and never received further profit for the creation.

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 ...

Loufrani claims he invented the smiley face design in the late 1960s and now holds patents in 80 countries. Norm St. Landau is an adjunct law professor at Cornell. Professor NORM ST.

But as KNX News reports, Nirvana’s lawyers contend — in documents filed on Jan. 24 — that the band’s company has full ownership over the happy face design, claiming Cobain created the ...

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 ...

Arriving in an eye-catching “Bold Gold” colorway to reference the classic smiley face, the design is finished with a number of details that continue the influence.