Trademark Officials Must Distinguish Between Irony and Offens

Author(s): Sonia KatyalPublication Date: May 4, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingYears ago, Justice Frankfurter observed, “the protection of trademarks is the law's recognition of the psychological function of symbols,” noting, further, “if it is true that we live by symbols, it is no less true that we purchase goods by them.”