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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Muir

Property developer who wants James Bond ownership makes promise to fans

The businessman challenging the ownership of the rights to the 007 name has promised fans that “James Bond will not die on my watch”.

It was reported last week that Dubai-based Austrian businessman Josef Kleindienst has filed several claims challenging owners of the multibillion-pound spy franchise over trademark non-use, which could see the character stripped of his catchphrase: “The name’s Bond, James Bond.”

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