If there is a conflict between ethical responsibilities and laws, professional counselors should make known their commitment to the Code of Ethics and work to alleviate the conflict. Counselors may follow legal requirements or regulations if the ethical conflict cannot be resolved in this manner.
It was in this form that Sholes, Glidden and Soule were granted patents for their invention on June 23, 1868 and July 14. The first document to be produced on a typewriter was a contract that Sholes had written, in his capacity as the Comptroller for the city of Milwaukee.
There were many early devices invented from 1575-1860s that were similar to typewriters. The first commercially sold typewriter however, was the Hansen Writing Ball. It was invented by Rev. Rasmus Malling-Hansen of Denmark in 1865. Five years later in 1870, his invention was first sold commercially.