Deacons awarded "Hong Kong IP Law Firm of the Year" by Managing Intellectual Property 06 April 2011 Deacons' IP Department has again been recognised as the "Hong Kong IP Firm of the Year" by the international publication Managing Intellectual Property for the fifth consecutive year. The top firm in each jurisdiction for this global award is chosen based on extensive international annual surveys of IPR owners and IP law practitioners. As in previous years, the awards are presented to the firms behind the most innovative and challenging IP work of the past year. Deacons is also the only Hong Kong firm recognized in the Managing Intellectual Property global surveys as a Tier 1 firm in all 5 areas of Hong Kong IP work: trade marks prosecution, trade marks contentious, patents prosecution, patents contentious, and copyright. The award was accepted by the Intellectual Property Department's Christopher Britton who attended the awards ceremony at The Dorchester Hotel on 6th April 2011.