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Intellectual Property
Jissbon condoms, James Bond and DurexPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, November 12, 2004 6:42 PM
This is the Chinese logo of Durex condoms:
![]() There may be another intellectual property issue as well: the Chinese name is jieshi bang which is the Chinese rendering of 'James Bond'. It is unclear whether the 'Jiss' in 'Jissbon' is an intentional reference to the slang term for semen. In related news, the China Daily has an article about the Durex sex survey. Written in Chinglish, the article is credited to the People's Daily. A Chinese has 19.3 sex partners, on average: Durex The entire article is here. UPDATE: Here's an ethical question: the image above is a screenshot from the Jissbon website: is that an IPR infringement. Or is it fair use? |
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