My trilogy, The Gifted Ones, began in 2000. The first book was published in 2010. The storyline is similar to that of The Gifted coming to FOX this Fall. The Gifted extends Marvel's X-Men to the young adult genre.I approached a comic book producer about turning my young adult trilogy, The Gifted Ones into a comic book, curious about the cost. The person said he worked with "A" list people to produce comics based on films or books.Great! I thought. He gave me a quote, which wasn't bad, and I filed it in my mind for when the trilogy is complete.I pitched the idea for this trilogy to many agents and publishers. The idea is "out there".Now, Marvel, the mega comic company, has come out with the young adult superhero television series about teenage superheroes on the run. I saw it advertised this weekend and my initial thought was, "Wow, that's familiar!"Hmm...This has happened to me before while I was writing the first book and working on the series, Heroes came out in 2006. It didn't last long, but still it resembled my idea for The Gifted Ones.And yes, I know, no idea is new, they are all borrowed. How far does the copyright law protect your ideas, though? How similar do the ideas that are produced have to be for infringement to take place.I know titles are free game, but I have to wonder with The Gifted's subject matter and title: has a writer for this new Marvel series read The Gifted Ones and thought, "We can use this idea to reach out to younger audiences and start a new superhero fan generation!" If that were the case, and they put their own spin on it using their current characters, is that infringement? How would a person be sure? I will contact my attorney to get some answers, but first, I will write a letter expressing my concerns to Marvel.