Joined Cases C-519/17 P and C-522/17 P to C-525/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 May 2018 — L’Oréal v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Guinot SAS (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)
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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 May 2018 — L’Oréal v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Guinot SAS
(Joined Cases C-519/17 P and C-522/17 P to C-525/17 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)’2018/C 259/19Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellant: L’Oréal (represented by: T. de Haan, avocat, P. Péters, advocaat)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Botis and D. Hanf, acting as Agents), Guinot (represented by: A. Sion, avocate)
Operative part of the judgment
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.
Reserves the costs.
( 1 ) OJ C 424, 11.12.2017.
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