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| linkedin        = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/deloitte Deloitte]
 
| linkedin        = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/deloitte Deloitte]
 
| twitter        = Deloitte
 
| twitter        = Deloitte
| keypeople      = [[Barry Salzberg]], Global CEO <br> [[Steve Almond]], Chairman
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| keypeople      = [[Barry Salzberg]], CEO <br> [[Steve Almond]], Chairman
 
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'''Deloitte (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited)'''  is the world's leading private professional services organization. The company has more than 182,000 employees and reported a $28.8 billion revenue in 2011. Deloitte is based in New York. [[Barry Salzberg]] is the Global CEO of the company.<ref>
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'''Deloitte (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited)'''  is the world's leading private professional services organization. The company has more than 182,000 employees and reported a $28.8 billion revenue in 2011. Deloitte is based in New York City,<ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/press/global-press-releases-en/78ed944968a7b210VgnVCM1000001956f00aRCRD.htm Deloitte ascends to become the largest private professional services organization worldwide]</ref>
[http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/press/global-press-releases-en/78ed944968a7b210VgnVCM1000001956f00aRCRD.htm Deloitte ascends to become the largest private professional services organization worldwide]</ref>
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==History==
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=== Application for .Deloitte Brand gTLD ===
William Welch Deloitte established his own accountancy firm across the the Bankruptcy Court on Basinghall Street, London in 1845. He served as assistant to the Official Assignee at Bankruptcy Court for more than a decade since 1933 at the age of 15. In 1849, Deloitte became the first appointed independent auditor for Great Western Railway. He developed the standards for accounts keeping system in the railways and hotels industry, which was adopted in Great Britain and internationally.<ref name="Deloitte History">[http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/about/overview/history/index.htm Deloitte History]</ref>  
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In April, 2012, Deloitte confirmed its application for the [[.deloitte]] [[Brand TLD]] with [[ICANN]]. According to Larry Quinlan, Chief Information Officer, the company's decision to apply for their own [[TLD]] will help improve and protect the company's brand. He said,  ''"With the rollout of the TLD, Deloitte member firms will continue as industry leaders in providing clients and people with world-class IT security."'' <ref>[http://techdomainer.com/2012/04/19/deloitte-confirms-tld-domain-name-application-for-deloitte/ Deloitte confirms TLD domain name application for .deloitte]</ref> Deloitte was one of the first brands to make a public announcement regarding its intention to apply for the [[brand TLD]].
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==ICANN Involvement==
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In 2009, Deloitte was invited by ICANN's [[IRT|Implementation Recommendation Team]] (IRT) to share its experience in providing rights protection mechanisms for the [[.asia]], [[.tel]], [[.me]] and [[.nl]] TLD registries, in order to provide recommendations to develop strategies that will increase trademark protections for new TLDs. The company provided a list of 100 brands to be included in the [[GPMLGlobally Protected Marks List]] (GPML) proposed by the IRT.<ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/be/brand-list Brand List]</ref>  
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In 1857, Thomas Greenwood became Deloitte's partner after contributing £800 in capital. The firm became Deloitte & Greenwood. In 1869, John George Griffiths joined the partnership and the firm was renamed Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co. In 1880, Deloitte, Dever, and Griffiths served as the founders of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales firm after the Royal Charter mandated its incorporation. On the other hand, Philip S. Ross co-founded the first Accounting Society in North America. In 1880, the firm began to expand in the United States. Its first office was established in New York. By 1945, the company established offices in Cincinnati, Chicago and Montreal, Boston and Los Angeles. In 1897, Deloitte retired. <ref name="Deloitte History" />
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The criteria used by Deloitte in compiling the brand list include:<ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_BE/be/services/aers/riskandgovernance/contractriskandcompliance/iss/brand-list-criteria/b08e6bfd44797210VgnVCM200000bb42f00aRCRD.htm Criteria used to determine the brand list]</ref>
 
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* Number of trademarks registered by brand holders
In 1905,  Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co. became Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Company. Subsequently in 1952, the company merged with Haskins & Sells, an accounting firm based in New York City founded by Charles Waldo Haskins and Elijah Watt Sells in 1893. After the partnership agreement, the new company became Deloitte Haskins & Sells. <ref name="Deloitte History"/>
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* Trademark's history of registrations in previous sunrise periods
 
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* History of trademarks being objects of [[cybersquatting]]
In 1990, the company merged with Touche Ross and in 1993, the company re-branded its name to '''Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu''', which was named after '''William Welch Deloitte, George Touche, and Admiral Nobuzo Tohmatsu'''. <ref>[http://www.ozres.com/uni/deloitte_touche_tohmatsu.php Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]</ref>
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* Website ranking and link building
 
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George Touche started his own accounting firm in London in 1898 and expanded its operations in United States by partnering with John Ballantine Niven in 1900. On the other hand, Admiral Nobuzo Tohmatsu became a partner in a foreign-affiliated accounting firm in Japan in 1952 and later in 1968 he established Tohmatsu & Co. with 10 partners. <ref name="Deloitte History"/>
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The brand list provide by Deloitte for the proposed GPML is available [http://www.deloitte.com/be/brand-list '''here'''].
 
==Services==
 
==Services==
 
Deloitte provides the following services: <ref>
 
Deloitte provides the following services: <ref>
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* Tax
 
* Tax
 
* Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services
 
* Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services
* Featured Services which include Chinese Services Group, Sustainability & Climate Change, Deloitte Analytics
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* Featured Services, which include Chinese Services Group, Sustainability & Climate Change, Deloitte Analytics, Driving Enterprise Value, Finance Transformation, Governance and Risk Management, International Financial Reporting Standards Services (IFRS), Japanese Services Group, Mass Career Customization, Merger & Acquisition and others.
Driving Enterprise Value, Finance Transformation, Governance and Risk Management, International Financial Reporting Standards Services (IFRS), Japanese Services Group, Mass Career Customization, Merger & Acquisition and others.  
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==Time2Dot Alliance==
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Deloitte partnered with OpenRegistry and eBrand Services in providing a complete solutions to entities interested in operating their own dot Brand gTLD. The services include business case preparation, tax planning and IP structuring, application registration and registry/registrar operations.<ref>
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[http://time2dot.com/who-we-are.html Time2Dot]</ref>
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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