Last but not least: Condom does not want to be a brand
The town of Condom in southern France is fighting back against being used as the namesake for a luxury condom brand. A court in Bordeaux has now ordered the company «The Original Condom Company» to stop selling condoms labeled «From Condom, France.».
This was announced by the municipality's lawyer this week. The Condom Company was founded by two French aristocrats, Charles-Emmanuel de Bourbon Parme and Gil de Bizemont, in 2009. They sold the contraceptives to America. They advertised on their website with the slogan "Condoms protect against everything, ours protect against ordinariness".
Contrary to what the slogan "From Condom, France" suggests, the two entrepreneurs had only registered the company headquarters in Condom in order to be able to advertise. However, according to the municipality, their condoms are manufactured in Malaysia.
The municipality of Condom, which is located between Bordeaux and Toulouse, found out about the business by chance from a newspaper article and now wants to take legal action against the brand name, as lawyer Caroline Lampre said. One of the town's arguments is that condoms are not called condoms in French, as they are in English, but préservatif. However, this does not add much to the argument that the municipality does not want to give its name to a condom.
