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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](#t-ECR_62017CJ0519_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(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](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A447&locale=en), not published, [EU:T:2017:447](./../../../legal-content/redirect/?urn=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A447&lang=EN&format=pdf&target=CourtTab)), L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER SMOKY) ([T‑179/16](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A445&locale=en), not published, [EU:T:2017:445](./../../../legal-content/redirect/?urn=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A445&lang=EN&format=pdf&target=CourtTab)), L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER SHAPE) ([T‑180/16](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A451&locale=en), not published, [EU:T:2017:451](./../../../legal-content/redirect/?urn=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A451&lang=EN&format=pdf&target=CourtTab)), L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER DUO) ([T‑182/16](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A448&locale=en), not published, [EU:T:2017:448](./../../../legal-content/redirect/?urn=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A448&lang=EN&format=pdf&target=CourtTab)), and L’Oréal v EUIPO — Guinot (MASTER DRAMA) ([T‑183/16](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A449&locale=en), not published, [EU:T:2017:449](./../../../legal-content/redirect/?urn=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2017%3A449&lang=EN&format=pdf&target=CourtTab)); |

| 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. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62017CJ0519_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 424, 11.12.2017](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2017:424:TOC).

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