Abbreviations
AA Articles of Association ADA Americans with Disabilities Act (US) AG Aktiengesellschaft (public limited company) (Switzerland) AGM Assembly General Meeting (of Members) AIFMD Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (EU) AMLA Anti-Money Laundering Act (Switzerland) ApS Anpartsselskab (private limited company in Denmark) A/S Aktieselskab (public limited company in Denmark) BIRD Binational Industrial Research and Development BO Banking Ordinance CA Contracts Act (Denmark) CBA collective bargaining agreement CBCA Canada Business Corporations Act CC Creative Commons CCPA California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 CCQ Civil Code of Quebec CEO Chief Executive Officer CETA EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement CHF Swiss francs CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union CO Code of Obligations
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CopA Federal Act on Copyright and Related Rights (Switzerland) CPR Det Centrale Personregister (Personal Register in Denmark) DBA Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen) (Denmark) DCA Danish Companies Act DMA Danish Marketing Act DVCA Danish Venture Capital Association EPC European Patent Convention EPO European Patent Organization ESOP employee share ownership plans FATF Financial Action Task Force (Switzerland) FINMA Financial Market Regulation and Supervision Authority (Switzerland) FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act (US) FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act (US) FSA Financial Supervisory Authority (Denmark) FTA free trade agreements GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (EU) GM General Meeting GmbH Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Switzerland) GST goods and services tax (Canada) HST harmonized sales tax (Canada) IPO initial public offering IPR intellectual property rights IRS Internal Revenue Service (US) ITC input tax credit (Canada) IVS entrepreneurial company (Iværksætterselskab) (Denmark) KYC Know-Your-Client LLC Limited Liability Company
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LTD Company limited by shares M&A Mergers and Acquisitions MNE multinational enterprises MVP minimum viable product NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NDA non-disclosure agreement NEQ Numéro d’entreprise du Québec (Québec Business Number) (Canada) NLRA National Labor Relations Act (US) OBCD Ontario Business Corporations Act OC Operation Company OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PatA Federal Act on Patents for Inventions (Switzerland) PCT Patent Corporation Treaty P/S Partnerskab (limited partnership company in Denmark) QBCA Quebec Business Corporations Act QST Quebec sales tax (Canada) RC Register of Commerce (Switzerland) SA Société anonyme (Switzerland) SAFE Simple Agreement for Future Equity Sagl Società a garanzia limitata (limited liability company in Switzerland in Italian) Sàrl Société à responsabilité limitée (limited liability company in Switzerland in French) SBA Small Business Administration (US) SE Societas Europea (The European Company) SEA Salaried Employees Act (Denmark) SHA shareholder agreement SME small or medium enterprise SOA Stock Option Act (Denmark) SOGC Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce
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STS Sole-trader scheme (Denmark) TRIPS Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property UPC United Patent Court VAT value-added tax VC Venture Capital WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
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