Iron Man's suit is at the centre of an intergalactic
copyright infringement battle brought by Horizon Comics Productions
Inc. ("Horizon") against Marvel Entertainment, LLC et al.
("Marvel"). The alleged infringement is largely directed
to Horizon's Canadian created Radix comic
book series (the "Works") and Marvel's Iron Man suit
from the movie Iron Man 3.
Background
Horizon owns the copyright in the Works, a series published in
2001-2002. According to the decision in Horizon Comics Productions Inc c Marvel
Entertainment, the characters in the Works wear highly
detailed, futuristic, armored, and weaponized suits of body
armor.
Marvel's Iron Man comic book series first appeared in the
1960s. Following the release of the movie Iron Man 3 in 2013,
Horizon instituted a first copyright action against Marvel in
Massachusetts, United States in 2015 alleging that Iron Man's
suit in Iron Man 3 was strikingly similar to that of Caliban, a
character in the Works. The
