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Frank Micelotta/Getty ImagesNirvana is reportedly suing fashion label Marc Jacobs for ripping off the band’s smiley-face logo.
According to TMZ, the grunge icons have filed a lawsuit accusing Marc Jacobs of copying the logo for pieces of its new Bootleg Redux Grunge collection. The line includes a t-shirt featuring a design very similar to the Nirvana smiley, which the band trademarked in 1992.
On the $115 shirt — which is also available as a $195 sweatshirt — the smiley features the letters M and J, presumably for “Marc Jacobs,” in place of the X on the face’s eyes in the original Nirvana logo. Additionally, it replaces the band’s name with the word “heaven” in a very similar typeface to the original.
ABC Radio has reached out to Marc Jacobs for comment.
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