January 04, 2013
A Minnesota federal judge on Thursday signed off on a deal that ends 3M Co.'s trademark and unfair competition suit against Unemployed Philosophers Inc. over 3M's famous Post-It notes, which states that the novelty company's line of sticky notepaper is too similar to 3M's mark.
October 05, 2011
Industrial conglomerate 3M Co. sued Unemployed Philosophers Inc. on Monday in Minnesota, accusing the novelty company of infringing and diluting the famous Post-It trademark with its line of similar sticky notes named after prominent thinkers and artists.