Hugh Jones Author & Editor

Hugh Jones recently retired as Copyright Counsel to The Publishers Association. A qualified solicitor, he worked in publishing for fifteen years, for law publishers Sweet and Maxwell and reference publishers Macmillan Press, before practising for eight years as a publishing and copyright lawyer at City law firm Taylor Joynson Garrett (now Taylor Wessing). He writes and lectures regularly, and was for many years Treasurer of the British Copyright Council.

Christopher Benson is a solicitor at City law firm Taylor Wessing. He has been practising for over 20 years as an intellectual property lawyer. He has considerable experience in the fields of publishing and copyright and also advises on all aspects of intellectual property law, both contentious and non-contentious, including copyright protection, trade mark protection and passing off, brand management, licensing, merchandising, sponsorship, franchising and advertising. He is a regular writer and lecturer on intellectual property matters.