Deacons recognised as Leading Hong Kong Patent & Trade Mark Firm in Global IP Survey 9 March 2006 In the 2006 Global IP Survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine (a Euromoney publication), Deacons was listed as the tier one firm in Hong Kong in both Patent and Trade Mark work. More than 2,000 respondents from private law firms and corporations participated in the survey and 500 telephone interviews were carried out. This survey has been running annually for 10 years and is considered the most credible indication of a firm's international market standing in the patents and trade mark fields.