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The HouseMARQUES interview: Mette Andersen, The LEGO Group
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 Mette Andersen of The LEGO Group will be taking part in a discussion on digital branding with Peter O’Byrne of The Body Shop and Lydia Gobena of Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu during the MARQUES Annual Conference in Copenhagen. In this interview, she talks about LEGO’s brand, describes her own role and provides some tips for those visiting Copenhagen.
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EU trade mark reforms one step closer
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 MARQUES is monitoring the latest developments on reform of the EU Trade Marks Directive and Community Trade Mark Regulation, with important developments expected before the end of this year. The reforms will be discussed during the Annual Conference in Copenhagen.
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Lisbon System Working Group report
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MARQUES was represented by members of the MARQUES Geographical Indications Team (Chair Miguel Angel Medina, Vice-Chair Keri Johnston and Team member Ortrun Günzel) at the Ninth Session of the Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Appellations of Origin) held at WIPO’s headquarters, in Geneva, from 23rd to 27th June. As Keri reports, there was quite a bit of activity on behalf of the United States.
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Webinars coming up this week
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 OHIM and the IP Academy of the EU Observatory on Infringements of IP Rights are hosting two webinars on 4th September, one on the OHIM website and one on the new OHIM Guidelines.
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WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Workshops
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The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center is hosting two workshops in New York on 6th and 7th November this year.
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Don’t miss these MARQUES events!
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Media Roundup: latest blog posts
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 MARQUES is hosting Judges Meetings and Coexistence Agreement Workshops in Bucharest, Vienna, London, Helsinki, The Hague, Milan, Lima, Asuncion and Mexico City over the next few months.
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 A case involving Land Rover in Switzerland, one concerning Porto in Portugal and changes to design law in the UK are just a few of the topics being discussed on the MARQUES blogs in the past month.
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Switzerland: LAND ROVER defeats LAND GLIDER
Land Rover, the British manufacturer of off-road vehicles, finally wins its opposition against Nissan Motor's LAND GLIDER mark in Switzerland. Both marks claim protection for vehicles in Nice class 12. The Swiss Intellectual Property Office dismissed the opposition, essentially arguing that despite the well-knowness of the older mark LAND ROVER, Land Rover could not be granted exclusive rights in the term LAND for vehicle
Portugal: Porto loses to Silmoda in overtime
Although this blogger (who supports Benfica) is not glad to acknowledge it, Futebol Clube do Porto has been the most successful Portuguese football club for the past 30 years, having won most of the national titles during this period and achieving international success, with 2 UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Cups / Europa Leagues, 1 UEFA Super Cup and 2 Intercontinental Cups. However, this success was not sufficient to secure the club a victory in a trade mark opposition procedure which has recently been decided by the Lisbon Court of Appeal ( Intellectual Property Bulletin no. 159/2014, of 21 August)
UK changes to design law: 1 October here we come
The UK Intellectual Property Office has issued some handy guidance on changes to design law in consequence of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 (the "IP Act"), much of which comes into effect on 1 October 2014. As the guidance states:
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Issue 044
