“Kiss” rocker Gene Simmons has filed an application Friday to the U.S. Patent and Trademark to get the rights and trademark the “rock on” hand gesture.

Ozzy's a peace-sign kind of guy. It was his Black Sabbath replacement, the late Ronnie James Dio, who started making the hand-horns on stage circa 1979.

More importantly, though, it’s the American Sign Language symbol for “love.” Simmons sure seems to have a long road ahead of him, but claiming a hand gesture isn’t completely unprecedented.

That is, he wants to trademark the hand signal often referred to as something like “the rock on symbol.” For comic book fans, such a hand sign may ring a bell.

Gene Simmons is trying to trademark the 'rock on' hand gesture Kiss co-founder included a diagram of the sign in his application ...

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KISS frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark the universal sign for rock-and-roll, but he's doing it wrong. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 67-year-old singer filed an application Friday ...

KISS frontman and North Texas businessman Gene Simmons wants to trademark the "rock on" hand gesture, the one that looks a lot like a Hook'em Horns sign. In an application filed June 9 with the U ...

Gene Simmons Seeks to Register Trademark on Iconic Rock Hand Gesture Index and pinky fingers up. Thumb perpendicular. Some say it's the devil's horns. The Kiss rocker says it's his.

Gene Simmons, the Israeli-born bass player and vocalist for the hard-rock band KISS has applied for a trademark on a hand gesture used by rock and metal fans the world over. In the application ...