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[glidrose]

IFP took on a domain squatter and won.

They sued Danjaq & Eon and lost.

Corporate info.

More corporate info.

[Dustin]

Interesting. The legal implications re. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG seem to be quite complicated even on the side of Fleming's heirs. Book trust vs. will trust, renewed copyright, changing beneficiaries - all that would make an interesting story if written in prose.

Is there any information to be found regarding the new copyright formula of James Bond himself, now property of Danjaq, used under licence by IFP? I suppose the background to this is an attempt to argue the film Bond as depicted in EON's series is a character of its own and as such not affected by the literary version and it's copyright issues?

[Glenn]

And there I was thinking that legal documents are always proof read for errors. Re: domain squatter "..adventures of James Bond including Dr. No, Goldfinder, From Russia with Love..".

Unless of course this is one of those long lost Geoffrey Jenkins novels!

[marktmurphy]

Is there any information to be found regarding the new copyright formula of James Bond himself, now property of Danjaq, used under licence by IFP?

Is that right? Eon own Bond now?

[Dustin]

It's what the copyright of Carte Blanche suggests. You can look it up, it reads now as I wrote above.

[marktmurphy]

Fascinating; I didn't spot that.

[zencat]

All continuation book Bond copyrights read like that now. Appears to have started here:

http://www.thebookbo...young-bond.html

[Dustin]

Oh, wasn't aware it started with Young Bond in 2009 already.

[zencat]

The IFP vs. Danjaq case you linked to above is from 2006, so I'm not sure it has anything to do with the change in copyright on the continuation novels in 2009. I think the relationship between IFP and Danjaq is now very good and they might have made some kind of deal that's mutually beneficial.

[ACE]

I agree Zencat. I think Danjaq and IFP have been regularising their branding in order, in part, to combat the 70 year rule when the Bond copyright expires in 2034.

[Darth Prefect]

All continuation book Bond copyrights read like that now. Appears to have started here:

http://www.thebookbo...young-bond.html

That's a trademark notice, not copyright. Two different things. IFP may feel that Danjaq is in a better position to defend trademark...

[glidrose]

All continuation book Bond copyrights read like that now. Appears to have started here:

http://www.thebookbo...young-bond.html

That's a trademark notice, not copyright. Two different things. IFP may feel that Danjaq is in a better position to defend trademark...

Good catch, Darth Prefect.