Posted on 02/24/2010 7:16:42 AM PST by ShadowAce
Bill Gates had him taxidermied to keep him forever.
Oh, my. [facepalm] Next, people who don’t BUY computers will be suspect because they’re shirking their duty to convince others of Microsoft’s divinity.
For one, print shops put the glue on the back to stick sheets together, not quite like Post-Its. 3M invented a special adhesive for between the sheets that could be re-used and didn't leave a residue, another guy invented the application as Post-It notes.
You aren't a big corporation. You have no "IP" rights.
> Bill Gates had him taxidermied to keep him forever.
I'm proud to be able to say that Golden Eagle's last communication on FreeRepublic.com was directed at none other than yours truly.
I've pinged him on this note in case he decides to write back again... :)
It is my understanding that 3M was able to get an exclusive on the CONCEPT and competitors with different glue formulas would be INFRINGING if they produced and sold competing items, even if the glue was different.
In the old days, the type of glue varied from shop to shop. The glue could be diluted such that it had little residue. Its strength and aging (drying out and losing its stickness) varied.
Church in the 40s and 50 often intermixed flannel graph backed figures with glue backed figures in telling stories to us kids.
Of course it was heavily used in preparing the layout of newspapers, brochures, etc to be photo ready.
It was used to produce process flow parts where the parts could be re-arranged.
There were so many different types of glue and so many different uses for them... exactly the same uses as now occur with post-its
I don’t know about the concept, but 3M had a patent on the actual glue used in Post-Its. The patent was by a well-known chemist who ended up with quite a few patents under his name before he retired.
And this is real patents, back when you actually had to invent something, not the just the idea of something.
I think that 3M patent was a big step in changing the nature of what could be patented.
It was a patent on a glue, like thousands of other chemical patents 3M probably has.
State Street was a big step.
What would the US Government know about capitalism? :)
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