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22 дек 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Explains His Capitol Hill Testimony On Pay For Artists From Radio Plays: 'It's An Injustice That Has Long Been Overdue'
18 дек 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Says Artists Are Treated 'Worse Than Slaves' Because Radio Doesn't Pay Them: 'Slaves Get Food And Water'
16 дек 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Says 'A.I. Is A Concern If Left Unregulated': 'The Government Must Get A Federal Law That Encompasses All Of A.I.'
14 дек 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS On Being Recognized At 2025 'Kennedy Center Honors' Without ACE FREHLEY: It Was 'Heartbreaking'
8 дек 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS To Testify Before Senate To Support Artist Radio Play Compensation
7 ноя 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I Love Cake. Cookies, Chocolates, Cake. It's About As Much Fun As I Can Have With My Pants On.'
10 окт 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS 'Recovering At Home' After Being Hospitalized Following Malibu Car Crash
26 авг 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I've Got My Finances In Such Order That The Next Two To Three Generations Are Taken Care Of'
30 июн 2025 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS BAND Performs At Opening Of 'Rock & Brews Restaurant And Concert Bar' In Oklahoma
7 июн 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'THE BEATLES Are Above And Beyond Anything That Anybody's Seen In Music Over 200 Years'
19 май 2025 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS BAND Performs In Niagara Falls During Spring/Summer 2025 U.S. Tour
7 май 2025 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS BAND Performs In Red Bank, New Jersey During Spring/Summer 2025 U.S. Tour
5 май 2025 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS Plays First Two 2025 Shows With His Solo Band
29 апр 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Says 'Astronomical' Insurance Costs Are Why He Is Charging More Than $12K For One Fan To Be His 'Roadie' For A Day
20 апр 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Reflects On His Decision To Call His Second Solo Album 'A**hole': 'I Don't Have A Problem With It'
13 апр 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm Still Sad' About ACE FREHLEY And PETER CRISS Not Being Able To 'Enjoy The Fruits Of Their Labor'
21 мар 2025 :	Watch: GENE SIMMONS Reads The Weather On Los Angeles TV Station
10 мар 2025 :	You Can Be GENE SIMMONS's Roadie For A Day — For $12,495
11 фев 2025 :	GENE SIMMONS Explains Why Rock Music Is No Longer As 'Fashionable' As It Once Was
24 дек 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Admits He Took Some Heat For Contributing To 'Reagan' Movie, But Says 'I Don't Give A Squat'
21 дек 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS On Performing With His Solo Band: 'There's A Magic That Happens Up There That Words Don't Describe'
3 дек 2024 :	See Music Video For GENE SIMMONS's Cover Version Of Jazz Standard 'Stormy Weather'
2 дек 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Says Rock Is Still Dead, Explains Why
14 окт 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I Stand By Every Word I Said' On 'Dancing With The Stars'
14 окт 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS Blasted For 'Offensive' And 'Sexist' Comments As Guest Judge On 'Dancing With The Stars'
30 сен 2024 :	GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm Okay With Being Labeled Or Thought Of As An A**hole'

30 июл 2017

PAUL STANLEY Doesn't Know Why GENE SIMMONS Attempted To Trademark 'Horns' Hand Gesture

Paul Stanley says that he has no idea why Gene Simmons attempted to trademark the so-called "devil's horns" hand gesture.

The KISS bassist/vocalist withdrew his application to trademark the symbol late last month — less than two weeks after filing with the federal copyright office.

Most music fans slammed Simmons for the trademark request, saying the symbol has become ubiquitous and means different things to different people.

Asked by the Loudwire Podcast for his thoughts on Simmons's trademark attempt, Stanley said: "Well, you know, Gene elicits some very strong reactions from people. And what he does he does for the reasons that only he knows. So I can't really say that I have really any thought about it. It was really something that he wanted to pursue, and the reaction was how people felt about it. So I don't know why he pulled it, and I don't know why he started it. I really have no… I haven't asked him."

In his original request, which was filed on June 9, 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."

Gene claimed the gesture was first used in commerce on November 14, 1974, which corresponded to KISS's "Hotter Than Hell" tour. He wrote in his signed declaration that he believed "no other person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use said mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance."

During a recent edition of her show "The Talk", Sharon Osbourne slammed Simmons for the trademark request, accusing the rocker of "trying to make money from posters and t-shirts." She said: "He's crazy. He's trying to get money from the merch where you see this [gesture] on merch, but actually this [symbol], in Italian, which has been going for hundreds of years, means 'the devil.' That's what it means. And so kids at concerts have been doing it for years and years and years. And in '74? Where were you in the '60s when they were doing it, kid, because they've been doing it forever."

It's unclear why Simmons suddenly withdrew his application to trademark the gesture but it's unlikely he would have succeeded anyway.

Copyright lawyer Ronald Abrams told Forbes that such hand gestures can't be trademarked unless they are part of a logo. Trademark attorney Michael Cohen with Cohen IP Law Group in Beverly Hills, who deals with trademark, patent and copyright infringement cases, concurred, telling the Los Angeles Times that it would have been very difficult for Simmons's application to be approved because the gesture has become "genericized."

Simmons's version of the gesture is actually "I love you" in American Sign Language, with the thumb extended, rather than the thumb holding two middle fingers close to the palm.

Ronnie James Dio's widow Wendy also criticized Simmons for attempting to trademark the hand sign. She told TheWrap: "To try to make money off of something like this is disgusting. It belongs to everyone — it doesn't belong to anyone. It's a public domain, it shouldn't be trademarked."

PAUL STANLEY Doesn't Know Why GENE SIMMONS Attempted To Trademark 'Horns' Hand Gesture

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30 июл 2017

АДМИНЫ ПИДОРЫ

Конечно, что он еще мог сказать!

30 июл 2017

Rus

Да понятное дело, что Стэнли то спрашивать. Симмонс то явно не отчитывается перед ним за свои действия или слова. С Симмонсом и надо говорить на этот счет.

30 июл 2017

Ayreon

Еще в фильме "Путешествие металлиста" Дио говорил про козу "...хотя Джин Симмонс скажет, что это он его изобрел..."

31 июл 2017

gravitgroove

Скоро Симмонс начнет говорить, что окружная ассенизаторская служба должна ему кучу денег за весь ил из его септика.