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I have a super weird question... If Marvel was to turn all the X-Men into Inhumans, would that be a loophole for Marvel to use the changed characters in the Marvel cinematic universe? Marvel owns the Inhumans, while Fox owns the X-Men, but what exactly does that mean? Does Fox own the X-MEN as an idea, or the actual characters like Wolverine and Co., who are just labled as the X-Men?

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First off, Marvel owns all of the characters. What Fox has are the film rights and related rights to the X-Men.
What specific rights they have are defined by the terms of the particular contract that was signed by all parties. But typically, what that amounts to is either a specific list of characters, or some blanket provision that they get those media rights to characters who originated in X-MEN or related books.
So no, you couldn’t declare Wolverine or Iceman or Storm an Inhuman and suddenly have Fox no longer able to use them, nor would that give Marvel or any other studio the rights to use Inhuman Wolverine, etc.
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