Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 October 2025 – Wyrębski v EUIPO – Gagatek-Woźniak and Others (RED BRAND CHICKEN)
(Case T‑45/25)
( EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Three-dimensional EU trade mark RED BRAND CHICKEN – Form of a red and white rectangular box – Absolute ground for invalidity – No bad faith – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) 207/2009 – Decision adopted following the annulment by the General Court of an earlier decision – Article 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law – Res judicata )
1.      EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Statement of reasons for decisions – First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Scope identical to that of Article 296 TFEU – Recourse by the Board of Appeal to implicit reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions
(Art. 296 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), first sentence)
(see paragraphs 25-27)
2.      Action for annulment – Judgment annulling a measure – Effects – Obligation to adopt compliance measures – Scope – Both the operative part and the grounds of the judgment to be taken into account – Retroactive effect of annulment
(Art. 266 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(6))
(see paragraphs 38, 39, 46)
3.      Judicial proceedings – Res judicata – Scope
(see paragraphs 40, 48)
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as manifestly lacking any foundation in law.
2.
Mr Grzegorz Wyrębski shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by Ms Anna Gagatek-Woźniak, Mr Artur Woźniak and Ms Jolanta Mozerys.
3.
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.