Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:514
Date: 2023-09-06
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful

Action brought on 25 May 2022 – QC and Others v EUIPO – Przedsiębiorstwo Drobiarskie Grzegorz Wyrębski (RED BRAND CHICKEN) (Case T-312/22) Language in which the application was lodged: Polish Parties Applicants: QC, QD and QE (represented by: A. Suskiewicz, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Przedsiębiorstwo Drobiarskie Grzegorz Wyrębski (Wróblew, Poland) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietors of the trade mark at issue: Applicants Trade mark at issue: Three-dimensional EU trade mark ‘RED BRAND CHICKEN’ – EU trade mark No 13 068 861 Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 March 2022 in Case R 1165/2020-2 Form of order sought The applicants claim that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings in the form of expenses necessarily incurred by the applicants for the purpose of the proceedings. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Plea alleging that the findings of EUIPO are inconsistent with the Polish legal order; Plea regarding the classification of [Przedsiębiorstwo Drobiarskie Grzegorz Wyrębski] as a ‘third party’ for the purposes of Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Breach of the principle of the uniformity of case-law and infringement of Article 63(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Plea alleging that an incorrect date was used when determining the date of filing of the EU trade mark at issue, that is to say, plea alleging infringement of Articles 36 and 37 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Plea alleging that the decision was issued to a person incorrectly designated as a party to the proceedings in view of the removal of Przedsiębiorstwo Drobiarskie Grzegorz Wyrębski from the register of economic activity on 2 January 2020. ____________