Editing Post-it note (section)

===Competing claims===
[[Alan Amron]] claimed to have been the actual inventor in 1973 who disclosed the Post-it note technology to 3M in 1974.<ref name="LAT-Sticky">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/ct-post-it-note-inventor-lawsuit-20160311-story.html|title=Sticky lawsuit: $400M dispute lingers over Post-it inventor|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 12, 2016|access-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063535/http://www.latimes.com/nation/ct-post-it-note-inventor-lawsuit-20160311-story.html|archive-date=March 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Frean">{{cite web|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/consumer/article4717729.ece|title=Sticky situation as inventor sues 3M for $400m over Post-it Notes|last=Frean|first=Alexandra|date=March 21, 2016|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509102359/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/consumer/article4717729.ece}}</ref> His 1997 suit against 3M resulted in a confidential settlement.<ref name="LAT-Sticky" /> As part of the settlement, Amron agreed not to make future claims against the company unless the settlement agreement should be breached.<ref name="LAT-Sticky" /> However, in 2016, he launched a further suit against 3M,<ref name="LAT-Sticky" /><ref name="Frean" /> asserting that 3M was wrongly claiming to be the inventor, and seeking $400 million in damages.<ref>''Alan Amron v. 3M Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. et al.'', case number 9:16-cv-80125, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.</ref> At a preliminary hearing, a [[federal judge]] ordered the parties to undergo [[mediation]].<ref name="LAT-Sticky" /> The suit was subsequently dismissed, upholding the previous 1998 settlement.<ref name="Kang">{{cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/838227/fla-man-s-400m-suit-over-invention-of-post-it-notes-tossed|title=Fla. Man's $400M Suit Over Invention Of Post-It Notes Tossed|last=Kang|first=Y. Peter|date=September 9, 2016|work=[[Law360]]|access-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314064026/https://www.law360.com/articles/838227/fla-man-s-400m-suit-over-invention-of-post-it-notes-tossed|archive-date=March 14, 2017}}</ref>

In 1997, 3M sued [[Microsoft]] for [[trademark]] infringement for creating an electronic Post-it in Microsoft's Office 97 and using the term “Post-it” in a help file.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3M Sues Microsoft Over Post-It Note Trademark {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19970108&slug=2517732 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref>