Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 May 2018.LOréal v European Union Intellectual Property Office.Appeal — EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for registration of the word marks MASTER PRECISE, MASTER SMOKY, MASTER SHAPE, MASTER DUO and MASTER DRAMA — Earlier national figurative mark MASTERS COLORS PARIS — Rejection of the applications for registration — Inadequate statement of reasons — To be considered of the Court’s own motion.Joined Cases C-519/17 P and C-522/17 P to C-525/17 P.

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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 May 2018 – L’Oréal v EUIPO

(Joined Cases C-519/17 P and C-522/17 P to C-524/17 P) ( 1 )

(Appeal — EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for registration of the word marks MASTER PRECISE, MASTER SMOKY, MASTER SHAPE, MASTER DUO and MASTER DRAMA — Earlier national figurative mark MASTERS COLORS PARIS — Rejection of the applications for registration — Inadequate statement of reasons — To be considered of the Court’s own motion)

Appeal–Grounds–Inadequate or contradictory grounds–Admissibility–Scope of the obligation to state reasons

(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see para. 67)

Operative part

The Court:

  1. Sets aside the orders of the General Court of the European Union of 26 June 2017, L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER PRECISE) (T‑181/16, not published, EU:T:2017:447), L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER SMOKY) (T‑179/16, not published, EU:T:2017:445), L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER SHAPE) (T‑180/16, not published, EU:T:2017:451), L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER DUO) (T‑182/16, not published, EU:T:2017:448), and L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER DRAMA) (T‑183/16, not published, EU:T:2017:449);

  2. Refers Cases T‑181/16, T‑179/16, T‑180/16, T‑182/16 and T‑183/16 back to the General Court of the European Union;

  3. Costs are reserved.

( 1 ) OJ C 424, 11.12.2017.

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