

"James Bond and 007 are trademarks of Danjaq, LLC, used under licence by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd."
Hang on! IFP (those who own the literary copyright) have to license the right to write a Bond novel from people who merely have the film rights to the character? There's no use of the gun logo symbol which is something that Danjaq owns. Nor does this message does appear at the front of the Penguin edition of Devil May Care.
Anyone care to shed some light on this?