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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:03:13 AM EDT
The sexagenarian rocker, estimated to be worth $300million (£235million), filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office last Friday (9th June) attempting to trademark ownership of the gesture.
Gene – real name Chain Witz - claims that the ‘sign of the horns’ or ‘devil horns’ originates specifically from the band’s Hotter Than Hell tour in 1974. Link I wonder what Gene will give me for horn infringement 
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:12:27 AM EDT
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Jinx Dawson says she was first. Silly as fuck argument.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:21:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:24:46 AM EDT
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I invented the middle finger and thumbs up.
Anytime you use these you have to buy me a membership. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:34:38 AM EDT
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Okey Dokey there Gene...
Good Luck with THAT... Guess trying to stay "Relevant" and "In The News"... eh?? |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:38:54 AM EDT
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Ronnie James Dio would disagree. He said it was something his Italian grandma used to do to them when they were kids. Gene is a great marketer though, I'll give him that.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:42:15 AM EDT
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Hmmm. I should patent "The Shocker". I've been laying two in the pink one in the stink since 1987 and pretty sure it's my invention.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:46:43 AM EDT
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Ronnie James Dio would disagree. He said it was something his Italian grandma used to do to them when they were kids. Gene is a great marketer though, I'll give him that. 
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:47:50 AM EDT
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Ronnie James Dio would disagree. He said it was something his Italian grandma used to do to them when they were kids. Gene is a great marketer though, I'll give him that. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:47:56 AM EDT
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That was my thought as well. 
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:48:16 AM EDT
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That was my thought as well. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Ronnie James Dio would disagree. He said it was something his Italian grandma used to do to them when they were kids. Gene is a great marketer though, I'll give him that. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:52:12 AM EDT
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Ronnie James Dio would disagree. He said it was something his Italian grandma used to do to them when they were kids. Gene is a great marketer though, I'll give him that. ETA: from the article I didnt realize groups as early as the 60's used the gesture |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:52:59 AM EDT
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Chaim Witz.... the fuck is a chain witz? sounds like a cheese snack.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 7:53:52 AM EDT
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Ronnie James Dio would disagree. He said it was something his Italian grandma used to do to them when they were kids. Gene is a great marketer though, I'll give him that. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 8:00:05 AM EDT
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Dude, that's the Spiderman. Or, "I love you." in ASL. This is the horns: 
So fuck off already. 
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:17:42 AM EDT
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Gene's version has thumbs out which is different than the gypsy evil eye ward off sign that Dio used.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:24:08 AM EDT
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The ‘devil horns’ in rock originated with Black Sabbath - Ozzie, Terry "Geezer" Butler, Ronny James Dio, not a joke.
Terry Butler did it back in 1971. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:27:37 AM EDT
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Chaim Witz.... the fuck is a chain witz? sounds like a cheese snack. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:33:19 AM EDT
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He is a colossal asshole. An entertaining asshole but an asshole nonetheless.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:39:24 AM EDT
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I vote Dio.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:41:53 AM EDT
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I vote Dio. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:43:32 AM EDT
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(((Gene))) going after that sweet sweet trademark cash.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:45:30 AM EDT
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He's doing it wrong. Saw Metallica last week, nobody did it Chain's way.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:47:45 AM EDT
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Israeli. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Chaim Witz.... the fuck is a chain witz? sounds like a cheese snack. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:48:15 AM EDT
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I always assumed they copied the horns from the Italians who have been using them for well over 2000 years to variously denote the devil and cornuto (cuckolding).
But whatever, he might as well try to trademark the middle finger. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:48:49 AM EDT
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The ‘devil horns’ in rock originated with Black Sabbath - Ozzie, Terry "Geezer" Butler, Ronny James Dio, not a joke. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/91/2a/a8/912aa8ff0bc2a138d69b2a6f776a106c.jpg Terry Butler did it back in 1971. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:49:02 AM EDT
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Can't it's an old Sicilian witches hex sign...centuries old...
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:49:40 AM EDT
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Some Texans gonna be pissed.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:51:52 AM EDT
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Some Texans gonna be pissed. 
Hook 'em!! 
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:52:15 AM EDT
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(((Gene))) going after that sweet sweet trademark cash. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:53:27 AM EDT
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Fucking retarded.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:57:16 AM EDT
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KISS, the most over-rated band in the history of Rock n' Roll.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:59:07 AM EDT
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Rub those fingers over your cheek and you create the 'Italian Malachio (malooch) Curse'.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:02:21 AM EDT
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Go away Gene!
No one liked kiss then, no one likes kiss now. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:02:23 AM EDT
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I thought stuff like that got shot down by the courts?
I remember a big thing about it getting shot down when Paris Hilton tried to trademark "That's Hot" and they told her to piss up a tree. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:06:05 AM EDT
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Huh jews have horns. duh. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:11:09 AM EDT
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Can't it's an old Sicilian witches hex sign...centuries old... |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:11:14 AM EDT
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he is a jew. jews have horns. duh. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:14:55 AM EDT
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he is a jew. jews have horns. duh. 
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:17:17 AM EDT
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He's a canny capitalist.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:20:12 AM EDT
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Hang loose...I'm pointing at you
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:22:22 AM EDT
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KISS, the most over-rated band in the history of Rock n' Roll. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:23:42 AM EDT
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http://mm.aiircdn.com/5/594262cc6fd7c.jpg Dude, that's the Spiderman. Or, "I love you." in ASL. This is the horns: https://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dio_horns.jpg So fuck off already. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:32:46 AM EDT
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(((Gene))) going after that sweet sweet trademark cash. Quote HistoryQuoted:
(((Gene))) going after that sweet sweet trademark cash. http://gizmodo.com/someone-tried-to-trademark-the-term-september-11-2001-1606092222 A businessman named Moti Shniberg actually tried to trademark the term "September 11, 2001." And he wasted no time doing so — Shniberg filed his application on that very day, as the Twin Towers and Pentagon were still smoldering. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:38:07 AM EDT
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I've been saying that for decades. The ultimate triumph of image over talent. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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KISS, the most over-rated band in the history of Rock n' Roll. 
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:39:11 AM EDT
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The sexagenarian rocker, estimated to be worth $300million (£235million), filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office last Friday (9th June) attempting to trademark ownership of the gesture. Gene – real name Chain Witz - claims that the ‘sign of the horns’ or ‘devil horns’ originates specifically from the band’s Hotter Than Hell tour in 1974. Link I wonder what Gene will give me for horn infringement He could have done that, 30 years ago and had a case, but waiting this long it has entered into the common iconography and has been generalized. Ask Apple how well their trademark for App worked out... Or Beyer and Aspirin... Or Heroin. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 11:45:13 AM EDT
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Ronnie James Dio would disagree. He said it was something his Italian grandma used to do to them when they were kids. Gene is a great marketer though, I'll give him that. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 12:02:08 PM EDT
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I'm a huge KISS fan, from back in '75.
Gene obviously didn't "invent" the horns. But he is a business man first, and saw an opportunity to make some more $$$. He's also a HUGE Beatles and British rock fan. Not surprisingly, I wouldn't doubt that he lifted the horns from the Beatles. 1969 ... release of Yellow Submarine movie and album. 
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Posted: 6/15/2017 12:24:41 PM EDT
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University of Texas (Austin) has been doing the Hook 'em Horns thing since 1955.
 How the Hook 'Em Hand Sign Was Born - This Forgotten Day in Longhorns Football |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 12:33:00 PM EDT
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Ronnie James Dio would disagree. He said it was something his Italian grandma used to do to them when they were kids. Gene is a great marketer though, I'll give him that. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 12:33:53 PM EDT
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You think that's bad. http://gizmodo.com/someone-tried-to-trademark-the-term-september-11-2001-1606092222 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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(((Gene))) going after that sweet sweet trademark cash. http://gizmodo.com/someone-tried-to-trademark-the-term-september-11-2001-1606092222 A businessman named Moti Shniberg actually tried to trademark the term "September 11, 2001." And he wasted no time doing so — Shniberg filed his application on that very day, as the Twin Towers and Pentagon were still smoldering.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-pension-trust-founder-tried-to-trademark-september-11-2001-62657 When the World Trade Center and Pentagon were struck by airplanes on September 11, 2001 in the largest terrorist attack in US history, people around the world looked on in horror. Israeli-born tech entrepreneur Moti Shniberg, founder of the Artist Pension Trust, had a different reaction: He leapt into action to trademark the term “SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.” |
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