That's right. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band a week later and remaining #2 all through the entire 1967 Summer of Love. Moelis rebuked him, "You'd better read your contract". "[14], In 2016, Nesmith contributed vocally and instrumentally to the Monkees' 50th anniversary album Good Times!. She filed for divorce in 1975 and, in 1979, sold the company to the Gillette Corporation for $47.5 million. He created the adhesive that lets the small, square notes stick to surfaces. There are currently more than 3,000 Post-it Brand products globally. Michael Nesmith, deadpan singer . He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards. But 3M executives werent so sure. the earning combination of a design patent, a utility patent and a trademark ensure maximum protection. Tired of having to retype entire pages because of one small error, Graham determined to find a more efficient alternative. He was executive producer of the 1984 cult comedy Repo Manand co-produced 1988's Tapeheads. But the next year, 3M had greater success when it flooded offices in Boise, Idaho, inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1997 film Romy and Micheles High School Reunion.. [26], Nesmith continued to record and release his own music. Indeed, as her company succeeded, Graham could at last afford luxury items like fancy jewelry and a Rolls Royce. In a 1980 interview with Playboy, he said of that time: "I had to start telling little tales to the tax man while they were putting tags on the furniture. [citation needed], Nesmith formed the Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. in 1974 to manage and develop media projects. Countryside folded when David Geffen replaced Holzman, as Countryside was unnecessary in Geffen's eyes. [citation needed], Nesmith's most recent Pacific Arts project was Videoranch 3D, a virtual environment on the internet that hosted live performances at various virtual venues inside the ranch. The singer and businessman was 78. Spencer Silver, a research chemist at 3M who inadvertently created the not-too-sticky adhesive that allows Post-it Notes to be removed from surfaces as easily as they adhere to them, died on. Below is an excerpt from our white paper, The Power of Intellectual Property Triangulation, that begins with the story of how these two Inductees worked together to invent the Post-it Note. The refined product was renamed "Liquid Paper" in 1958 and, amid soaring demand, Graham applied for a patent and a trademark that same year. 1. She is known for her independent films and documentaries, including one about Alexander Graham Bell.