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The office, which has a relatively new patent litigation team as well as a wider ‘soft’ IP offering, would remain independent if the rejection is rubberstamped

Charles Harding plans to build a new team around life sciences oppositions and contentious work, drawing on his three decades developing a practice from scratch at D Young & Co

Matthew Cassie becomes the tenth partner to join the firm’s London outpost, and the second since it opened its new headquarters in May this year

Ken Iijima's arrival continues a trend of ex-Pizzeys practitioners joining RnB IP, whose co-founder says independent ownership and a lucrative compensation model have become attractive in a consolidating market