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		ortusdux on Nov 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the intern... 3M is reportedly quite aggressive about defending their canary yellow note trademark.

lawrencehook on Nov 27, 2022 [–]

Interesting.. I took the color scheme from the Stickies application on MacOS, so hopefully 3M goes after Apple before me :)

splittingTimes on Nov 27, 2022 | [–]

Maybe Apple pays licensing fees or has permissions from 3M...

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