Quote Originally Posted by Aedilred View Post
The thing about IP disputes at that sort of level is that they have a tendency to come down to which side has the will and the money to fight longest. Marvel itself may be on shaky ground when it comes to originality but Disney has a reputation for ruthless IP litigation and has the funds to match. When the cease and desist letters start coming in, even for a large company it's probably just not worth the fight.
Which gets back to my point about the benefit of it not being DC as the target of the lawsuit. It's absolutely worth it for DC to protect their comics, and that's a massive ugly IP war waiting to happen - it's basically contract MAD. Fox? Not so much, especially with Disney being the source of pressure.