![]() ![]() (In the film, Pepper Potts, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, demands action from "patent attorneys," but Stark Industries obviously hadn’t patented the technology, or else the government would already have access to the information needed to reproduce the armor.) It is not unheard of for a potential contractor to provide the government with product specifications, only to then watch the government award the contract to a competitor that has suddenly and suspiciously generated remarkably similar technology. Their inventions are kept as trade secrets, like the Iron Man suit, or they are patented. In real life, most inventors aren’t trying to "privatize peace." Many just want to get a government contract. Consciously or no, this echoes the real world the United States government can take such actions with almost total legal impunity. After Stark refuses a senator’s demand that he relinquish his body-armor technology, the government forcibly takes it from him, only to turn it over to a competitor that then uses the technology to fulfill its own defense contract. government to give up the secrets of the Iron Man suit. While trying to fend off Vanko, Stark is pressured by the U.S. In the United States, inventors are supposed to profit from their creations, as emphasized in the original comics. Iron Man 2 is the most expensive movie ever made about an intellectual property dispute…. Isaacs have, and they’ve written a great column about the legal issues at the heart of the story, The Stark Reality of Defense Contracting: A reason for that could be to make the suits use less power from Tony's own reactor, thus not accelerating his process of dying.I haven’t seen Iron Man 2, but Robert Farley and Davida H. That, and also if the suit wasn't modified for a new, thinner Arc Reactor Rhody wouldn't be able to put it on without making a gigantic hole in his chest. Later in the movie they (Tony and Rhodes) exchange a couple of lines about the suit, but Tony never actually attempts to take it back. Who else to leave a suit to, than his best friend? ![]() ![]() My reasoning here is that Tony thought he was going to die - and didn't want to let Iron Man go to waste. Stark's database security guidelines, there are redundancies to prevent unauthorised usage. ![]() He took it? You're Iron Man and he just took it? The little brother walked in there, kicked your ass and took your suit? Is that possible? That suit was prepared for Rhody - at least that's what is implied during this conversation in Iron Man 2, Randy's Donuts scene (emphasis mine):įury: You let your friend fly away with your suit. ![]()
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