Paul David Jones

Paul is the principal lawyer at Jones & Co. His practice is broadly focused on the national and international distribution of goods and services. Specifically, he practices franchising, licensing, distribution, intellectual property, competition, e-commerce, and privacy law. Paul is familiar with both common law and civil law systems and jurisprudence. He has studied French, Spanish, German, Russian and Mandarin Chinese, and as required (and with some assistance) reads law in these languages. For Paul's complete C.V.

In Franchising, Licensing and Distribution matters he develops franchise systems and licensing and distribution programs for clients, including preparation of disclosure documents and franchise, license and distribution agreements, and negotiates disputes. He advises many foreign franchisors and licensors expanding into Canada and Canadians and foreign franchisors expanding internationally. He has been consulted by the Governments of Ontario and the People's Republic of China on the preparation of franchise legislation, and has participated in consultations with other governments. His papers on Canadian and Chinese franchise laws are widely used as references and his paper on the effect of China's civil law legal system on the interpretation of the franchise laws, presented to a conference at�北京师范大学珠海 Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai) is used by the former General Counsel to the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China to teach her course on the "Development of China's Legal System" at John Hopkins University.

In Competition and Trade Regulation matters his practice is focused on intellectual property licensing and on distribution matters. He advises on marketing and pricing practices and the interaction between intellectual property law and competition law. He has published his comments on effect of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Verizon v. Trinko on the relationship of intellectual property to competition law and policy in an American law review and has handled cross-border disputes in this area. He is also experienced in policy matters and obtaining licenses in regulated markets such as alcohol, real estate services and motor vehicle dealerships. In Ontario he obtained substantive policy changes to the liqu