Faberge has won the right to sell a "From Russia With Love" jewellery range, after a legal battle with the James Bond copyright holders.The firm hoped to use the title of the 1963 Bond film, which starred Sean Connery as 007, to highlight its Russian roots in a new marketing campaign.
But the trademark application was challenged by Danjaq Ltd, which owns the copyright for all the James Bond films.It claimed that shoppers would presume that the jewellery was official Bond merchandise, and said that the application undermined its own From Russia With Love computer games trademark.
Now the International Property Office (IPO) has ruled that Fabergé can go ahead with its plans in Britain after deciding that the public can tell the difference between film references and official products.
"Being seen as a reference to the film is not the same as the sign representing to the public that the goods are licensed goods," said Oliver Morris of the IPO in his adjudication.

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Reported earlier by the James Bond fan blog CommanderBond.net and confirmed by various sources, longtime Bond film score composer David Arnold is collaborating on an album of original material with Bond theme song legend Dame Shirley Bassey.
Earlier this evening, David Arnold posted the following item on his Twitter page: "making a new record with Shirley Bassey.All new material.Couldnt talk about it until now.Dont know why.But now I can, so I am."
Over on Arnold's official website, the most current news item reads: "I have been working on a new record for Dame Shirley Bassey. All new songs written specifically for her by me and some very special others. More news to come......"
And finally, on Dame Shirley Bassey's new website (sponsored by Geffen Records), the splash page announces: "The iconic Dame Shirley Bassey, Britain’s most successful female artist ever is working on her first new studio album in almost a decade. David Arnold, the Grammy Award-winning producer best known for scoring five James Bond films is producing the album, due to be a set of contemporary songs released in autumn 2009."
No word as to whether or not the pair will revisit some key Bond moments, but fingers are definitely crossed!
Bassey rose to film music celebrity when she scored a Top 10 hit with the theme song to 1964's Goldfinger. She followed up in 1971 with the theme to Diamonds Are Forever, and again in 1979 with Moonraker's opening title. To date, she is the only singer to ever perform more than one James Bond title song. She also recorded a version of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" for 1965's Thunderball, though it was never used in the film.

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A driver who devised high-speed car chases for six James Bond movies has been ordered to pay £50,000 damages to the family of a cameraman killed during a stunt sequence.Stuntman Remy Julienne, who also created chases for the 1969 caper The Italian Job, was initially handed an 18-month suspended jail sentence as the person solely reponsible for the accident that killed Alain Dutartre.
But a Paris court of appeal has ruled that a production company owned by French film icon Luc Besson is also guilty over the death of the 41-year-old cameraman.The fatal accident took place during a chase scene in action comedy Taxi 2 during filming in Paris in 1999.Bond driver Julienne's jail sentence was reduced on appeal to six months suspended and although his fine was cut from 13,000 euros (£11,000) to 2,000 euros (£1,700), he was ordered to pay the victim's family 60,000 euros (£50,000) damages.

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Daniel Craig is in talks to star in DREAM HOUSE, a new psychological thriller to be directed by Jim Sheridan ("In America").
The story of Dream House would follow a man and his family who move to a small town. Unfortunately for them, they soon realize their house is haunted by its former inhabitants, who were murdered.
Jim Sheridan has done so many incredible movies, I'm definitely interested in seeing how this movie turns out, especially if Daniel Craig ends up starring in it.

Daniel Craig will be taking a break from James Bond to try out a different kind of gig. The 007-portrayer has tracked down a psychological thriller for his possible next project. Directed by Jim Sheridan from a David Loucka script, the project would follow a man who moves to a small town and finds that his house is haunted by the murdered former inhabitantsCraig recently also signed on to appear on Broadway in A STEADY RAIN.

Bond 23, The Adventures of Tintin and A Steady Rain are just a few upcoming projects for Daniel Craig and now the Hollywood Reporter has details on possibly another.

The paper writes that the James Bond star is in early talks to star in Dream House, a psychological thriller set up at Morgan Creek—though principals stress that the two sides have not reached a concrete deal.

In the script penned by David Loucka, Craig would play a man who moves his family to an idyllic small town, only to find his house haunted by its former inhabitants, who were murdered there. Jim Sheridan is signed on to direct.

Of Craig’s current projects, Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is classified as being in post-production and set for a December 2011 release.

Work on Bond 23, which is also expected in 2011, is in the very early stages following the announcement of the screenwriters.

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There's a rumor circulating on the internet about Robert
attinson.I know, what else is new?

The buzz today, however, is that Twilight star Robert Pattinson is interested in one day playing Bond... mes Bond.Although Daniel Craig is secure in his role as 007 for now,

Pattinson is said to have long dreamed of playing the part.And with his good looks, charm, and British pedigree, he might just get the opportunity.

For now, Pattinson, 23, will have to be content working with former Bond actor Pierce Brosnan who will play his father in an upcoming film titled "Remember Me.

"Production on the project has already begun in New York.Alongside Brosnan, Pattinson will play "a young man whose brother's suicide ended his parents' marriage."

The most famous, most iconic, best-loved and best-remembered Bond characters are all here in this Limited Edition Top Trumps pack: The Best of Bond! From 007 himself to the villainous Goldfinger, from deadly Xenia Onatopp to the alluring Pussy Galore, this pack takes in the entire history of James Bond, from Dr. No all the way through to Quantum of Solace.About
Top Trumps is a card game where each card contains a list of numerical data, and the aim of the game is to compare these values in order to try to trump and win an opponent's card.

Gameplay
All the cards are dealt among the players. There must be at least two players, and at least one cards for each player. The starting player (normally the player sitting on the dealer's left) selects a category from his or her topmost card and reads out its value.

Each other player then reads out the value of the same category from their cards. The best (usually the largest) value wins the "trick", and the winner takes all the cards of the trick and places them at the bottom of his or her pile. That player then looks at their new topmost card, and chooses the category for the next round.

Oscar-winning actor Sir Sean Connery has been given an honorary doctorate by Edinburgh Napier University.In a short speech, Sir Sean, 78, said he had been on a "long and winding road", which began as a milk man.The actor has featured in more than 60 films, including James Bond and The Untouchables, for which he won an Academy Award.

CommanderBond.net can now bring you the cover artwork for the forthcoming collection from Titan Books: James Bond: Omnibus Volume 1: The Graphic Novel Collection (note that the cover bills it as ‘The Movie Collection’).

Due for release this September, this volume brings together numerous (11 of them, in fact) different comic strip adventures that have previously been featured in earlier James Bond collections from Titan.

Limited to original Ian Fleming material, this volume will showcase the work of writers Henry Gammidge, Anthony Hern and Peter O’Donnell and artist John McLusky.

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