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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, 2008, 2009 and 2010 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 five times as a leading lawyer in the area of Trademarks in the Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 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 in 2008 and 2009.
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Listed on the Trade Mark section of Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law (2010 edition).
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Nominated in the 2010 Edition of Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals.
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Firm - In 2008, 2009 and 2010 Deacons was recognised as the only tier 1 firm in all 5 categories of the Managing Intellectual Property Annual Surveys -Trade Marks (both Contentious and Prosecution), Patents (both Contentious and Prosecution) and Copyright. Deacons is the only Hong Kong firm which has ever been listed as tier 1 in all 5 categories.
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Trade Marks Law Firm of the Year - ACQLAW Awards 2009
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Recognised as Tier 1 by the 2010 Asia IP Trademark Survey
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Hong Kong Firm of the Year 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 - Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards
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Ranked as a leading law firm in the area of Intellectual Property in Hong Kong by the Chambers Asia (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions)
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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 in 2008, 2009 and 2010 Deacons was ranked first tier in both the contentious and non-contentious patent categories.
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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 and 2009 Deacons was ranked first tier in both the contentious and non-contentious trade mark categories.
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First-tier for the past ten years in Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 editions)
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Highly Recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions)
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In 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009, Deacons won the top Hong Kong Government award for electronic filing recognising Deacons as the pioneer and largest e-filing firm in Hong Kong |
