 The black and white Octopus signia was a symbol of SPECTRE, the  criminal spy organization seen in other James Bond movies. However,  in both the short story and movie _Octopussy (1983)_ (qv) it has no  connection to either story. Even if the producers had wanted to  resurrect the Octopus symbol for this movie, the legal settlement  with Kevin McClory (qv) gave him all the rights to the use of  SPECTRE and as such the black