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Member, The Asia Patent Attorneys Association
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Member, The Hong Kong Institute of Trade Mark Practitioners
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Acknowledged as a leading lawyer in the area of Intellectual Property in the Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers (2006, 2007 and 2008 editions)
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Recognised as a Leading Individual in the area of Intellectual Property in Hong Kong by the Chambers Asia (2007 and 2008 editions)
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Nominated as one of Asia's Leading Lawyers in the area of Intellectual Property in the AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers Survey (2005)
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Recognised three times as a leading lawyer in the area of Trademarks in the Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2005, 2006 and 2007 editions)
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Nominated as one of the pre-eminent practitioners in the Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners 7th Edition in 2008.
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Firm - Hong Kong Firm of the Year 2007 & 2008 - Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards
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First tier in Chambers Asia (2007 and 2008 editions)
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Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year Award at the Asian Legal Business Awards 2002 and 2004
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Worldwide surveys conducted by Managing Intellectual Property (a Euromoney publication) have rated Deacons as the number one firm in Hong Kong for Patents in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
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The same surveys have also rated Deacons as the number one firm in Hong Kong for Trade Marks in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2008 Deacons was ranked first tier in both the contentious and non-contentious trade mark categories.
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In 2008 Deacons was the only tier 1 firm in all 5 categories of the Managing Intellectual Property Annual Surveys (including Copyright).
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First-tier for the past nine years in Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 editions)
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Highly Recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions)
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In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Deacons won the top Hong Kong Government award for electronic filing recognising Deacons as the pioneer and largest e-filing firm in Hong Kong |
