Judgment of the General Court of 21 February 2018 — Laboratoire Nuxe v EUIPO — Camille and Tariot (NYouX)

(Case T-179/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark NYouX - Earlier national word mark NUXE - Obligation to state reasons - First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now first sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods - Similarity of the signs - Distinctive character - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)))

(2018/C 123/25)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Laboratoire Nuxe (Paris, France) (represented by: P. Wilhelm and J. Roux, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard–Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Élisabeth Camille (Alicante, Spain) and Jean–Yves Tariot (Alicante)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 January 2017 (Case R 718/2016-5), relating to opposition proceedings between, on the one hand, Laboratoire Nuxe and, on the other, Ms Camille and Mr Tariot.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 144, 8.5.2017.