Gene Simmons Continues To Defend Attempted Hand Gesture Trademark

Gene Simmons is still standing by his failed attempt to trademark the devil horns hand gesture. “You can’t please everybody. Not everybody likes Jesus, either,” Simmons told Canada’s Metro. “Instead of worrying what people think, I just go my merry way and do whatever I want to do. If I could, I would trademark the air you breathe. Every breath. Yes, I would.”More »

By on September 21, 2017

Gene Simmons is still standing by his failed attempt to trademark the devil horns hand gesture. “You can’t please everybody. Not everybody likes Jesus, either,” Simmons told Canada’s Metro. “Instead of worrying what people think, I just go my merry way and do whatever I want to do. If I could, I would trademark the air you breathe. Every breath. Yes, I would.” In his original trademark request, Simmons described the sign as consisting “of a hand gesture with the index and small fingers extended upward and the thumb extended perpendicular.” He paid $275, seeking to use the hand signal symbol for “Entertainment, namely, live performances by a musical artist; personal appearances by a musical artist.” He claimed the gesture was first used in commerce on November 14, 1974, which corresponded to KISS’s Hotter Than Hell tour. Copyright(c) 2017 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «