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thatguy_78757 — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 10:27 AM)

( mild spoiler)
make the " Iron Man Sucks" Joke?
I am no lawyer but I am assuming the word "Iron Man" is copyrighted and theyd need written permission.
At least in the old days they would. I suppose nowadays Marvel knows it would give them bad PR to sue over something so trivial.

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davidfagan — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 11:13 AM)

technically my watch is an "iron man" watch, nothing to do with marvel, but timex. and iron man refers to body builders I think? they could argue with that.

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David-K-West — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 11:15 AM)

No, they didn't. Merely referencing something is well within the bounds of fair use.
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purple_dave — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 01:14 PM)

Satire is protected speech under the 1st Amendment, and circumvents any need to get permission/pay royalties/etc. You just can't go too far with it before you step out from under the umbrella of protection. Like, they couldn't do a LEGO Iron Man Movie in the same style as TLBM without signing some pretty substantial deals first.
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diddly_diddly_swag — 9 years ago(February 14, 2017 09:13 PM)

Although they didn't have to Im sure they did. Marvel/Disney/Star Wars have a great relationship with Lego and I'm sure Lego would not want to tarnish that relationship over a small joke.