Index finger up, middle fingers down, pinky up, thumb in: the standard rock 'n' roll salute. It's a safe bet to say concert- goers will scream, raise their arms high and flash the sign while Ozzy ...

Gene Simmons Is Attempting To Trademark The Iconic ‘Rock And Roll’ Hand Gesture. Alex Galbraith Contributing Writer Twitter. June 14, 2017. Getty Image. The “rock and roll” sign.

The sign of the horns, aside from being a gesture more than a thousand years old, is a common sight in the rock and roll community. Simmons’ thumb-out gesture is popular too, though.

Update 6/23: USPTO records now show the trademark application was withdrawn on June 20. Gene Simmons, longtime frontman for the rock band Kiss, wants a hand gesture that has been used by rock 'n ...

KISS: (Singing) I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day. MARTIN: It's MORNING EDITION. [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report we say Gene Simmons is looking to patent a hand sign.

Simmons, whose real name is Chaim Witz, wants to trademark the hand sign for “entertainment, namely, live performances by a musical artist; personal appearance by a musical artist,” according ...