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Q&A Are fictional inventions trademarked?

I am wondering if I can include fictional inventions like the power suits in Iron Man. I believe that "power-suits" are used legally by a lot of media; however, what if the power-suit you're descri...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by repomonster‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:55:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/42327
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar repomonster‭ · 2019-12-08T10:55:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am wondering if I can include fictional inventions like the power suits in Iron Man. I believe that "power-suits" are used legally by a lot of media; however, what if the power-suit you're describing is very similar to the one in Iron Man? Let's say there are jets on both hands and feet and, to take things even further, what if the color scheme is the same, and what if the mask looks exactly the same (but the rest isn't)? What about lightsabers?

To what degree does an object need to be similar in order to be vulnerable to a trademark lawsuit for a fictional object?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-02-19T00:32:11Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 6