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This category includes notable firms specialized in patent law and employing patent attorneys, patent agents and/or patent engineers. They may also be more generally specialized in intellectual property law.
The philosophy of accounting is the conceptual framework for the professional preparation and auditing of financial statements and accounts.The issues which arise include the difficulty of establishing a true and fair value of an enterprise and its assets; the moral basis of disclosure and discretion; the standards and laws required to satisfy the political needs of investors, employees and ...
This is a list of the world's largest law firms based on the AmLaw Global 200 Rankings. [ 1 ] Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association .
Accounting ethics is primarily a field of applied ethics and is part of business ethics and human ethics, the study of moral values and judgments as they apply to accountancy. It is an example of professional ethics. Accounting was introduced by Luca Pacioli, and later expanded by government groups, professional organizations, and independent ...
Joseph Edmund Sterrett outlined the debate and issues in setting up a Code of Professional Conduct in his address to the annual meeting of the American Association of Public Accountants in 1907 [2] The earliest "official" version of the code of professional conduct among American accountants was issued by the American Institute of Accountants on April 9, 1917.
Some patent and trade mark offices additionally publish journals or periodicals, which contain more general notices, new guidance and procedural rules, and other information. The list below is of a small selection of official gazettes and journals, and indicates the publishing office after each gazette or journal listed.
The Japanese Patent Attorney System was established on July 1, 1899, fourteen years after the Patent Law System was organized by Korekiyo Takahashi in 1885. In 1899, the number of registered Patent Attorneys was 138. [1] Since then, the number of Patent Attorneys has increased gradually and, in 2012, reached 9300. [2]
Business method patents are a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing business. This includes new types of e-commerce, insurance, banking and tax compliance etc. Business method patents are a relatively new species of patent and there have been several reviews investigating the appropriateness of patenting business methods.