The Stark Realities of Defense Contracting

Davida Isaacs and I have an article at The American Prospect on intellectual property, Iron Man 2, and defense contracting:

Explosions, tattoos, and Scarlett Johansson notwithstanding, the disputes between Tony Stark and his antagonists revolve around ownership of the rights to the Iron Man technology. Iron Man 2 is the most expensive movie ever made about an intellectual property dispute.