▁collabor ators ' ▁permission , ▁F lem ing ▁based ▁his ▁Th under ball ▁( 1 9 6 1 ) ▁novel ▁upon ▁their ▁joint ▁work . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁Mc Cl ory ▁and ▁Wh itting ham ▁su ed ▁him ▁for ▁pl ag iar ism . ▁The ▁Battle ▁for ▁Bond ▁concerns ▁the ▁court ▁case . ▁ ▁Kevin ▁Mc Cl ory ▁won ▁the ▁film ▁rights ▁and ▁chose ▁a ▁single ▁co - production ▁deal ▁with ▁Harry ▁Salt z man ▁and ▁Albert ▁R . ▁Bro cc oli : ▁Th under ball ▁( 1 9 6 5 ) ▁that ▁was ▁released ▁at ▁Christmas . ▁Mc Cl ory ' s ▁court ▁victory ▁also ▁entitled ▁him ▁to ▁re make ▁Th under ball ▁( 1 9 6 5 ) ▁as ▁Never ▁Say ▁Never ▁Again ▁( 1 9 8 3 ), ▁again ▁with ▁Se an ▁Con n ery ▁as ▁James ▁Bond , ▁the ▁cin ematic ▁competition ▁Bro cc oli ▁had ▁tried ▁to ▁leg ally ▁ban . ▁With ▁the ▁re make , ▁Mc Cl ory ▁attempted ▁to ▁continue ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁James ▁Bond ▁film ▁series , ▁but ▁was ▁stopped ▁after ▁legal ▁action ▁by ▁Bro cc oli ▁and ▁M GM . ▁In ▁a ▁later ▁un success ful ▁law suit , ▁Mc Cl ory ▁went ▁further ▁and ▁now ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁created ▁the ▁cin ematic ▁James ▁Bond , ▁and ▁demanded ▁a ▁share ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁billion ▁dollars ▁earned ▁by ▁the ▁official ▁E on ▁film ▁series . ▁ ▁Leg al ▁ban ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁The ▁book ▁features ▁un pub lished ▁letters , ▁private