Where should I file?
PI grant rate by division, average time-to-decision, patent-owner-friendliness — by the numbers, not by gut feel.
Forum strategy
Forum Strategy
The same case, different odds.
The busiest divisions: volume, speed, and case mix.
Division
Cases
To outcome
Case mix
Munich
393
14.4mo
58%32%10%
Düsseldorf
227
16.7mo
58%26%16%
Mannheim
204
17.0mo
60%37%3%
Infringement Revocation Prov. measures
In the press
“China, Hong Kong-based defendants now account for roughly one-third of new UPC infringement and PI cases”ip fray, 21 October 2026, based on UPClytics data
2,800+
Cases indexed
2,400+
Decisions
140+
Judges profiled
1,950+
Parties profiled
Six strategic questions, answered with data.
We classify every UPC outcome: infringed, revoked, granted, dismissed. So questions that used to mean reading a hundred PDFs take one click to answer.
What does drawing this judge mean?
Ruling tendencies, PI grant rate, history with similar parties. Word-of-mouth made queryable.
Judge intelligence
What kind of opponent is this company?
Filing frequency, settle-vs-litigate ratio, opponents, firms they retain, patents they assert.
Adversary profiling
Who's good at this kind of case?
Activity by firm, specialization, outcome mix, recurring pairings. For GCs picking outside counsel.
Firm scorecards
What's normal for this case?
Historical PI grant rate, revocation rate, infringement-finding rate. How cases like yours usually end.
Outcome base rates
Tell me when something matters.
Email alerts when a competitor is sued, a portfolio patent is challenged, or a precedent lands.
Monitoring
Litigators, in-house teams, and underwriters.
Litigators
Pick the right division. Read the right judge. Quote the right base rate in mediation. Build forum-shopping memos with citations, not anecdotes.
See the litigator viewGeneral counsel & in-house IP
Benchmark outside counsel by activity and outcome mix. Track adversaries before they file. See how often cases like yours end in withdrawal or settlement.
See the in-house viewUnderwriters & bond providers
Security for costs: who is ordered to post security, and how much, by division. Sized for litigation funders and bond providers underwriting UPC security orders.
See the underwriter viewFor one user or a whole team.
Individual
14-day free trial. Full access, no credit card.
Every UPC case. Every public decision read and classified by outcome. Look one up, or see what the whole record says about a division, a judge, a firm, or an opponent.
- ✦Alerts on the cases, parties, judges, and law firms you follow
- ✦In-depth analytics: outcome rates, time to decision, security for costs and more, broken down by division, judge, party, representative and technology
- ✦Exports available
Organization licence
14-day free trial for your team.
For legal teams, in-house IP departments & insurers
Full access for every named user, plus analysis we do for your organization.
- ✦Everything in Individual, for each named user
- ✦Benchmarks against your peers
- ✦Custom analysis requests, answered by the people behind the data
Questions, answered.
Is UPClytics limited to the Unified Patent Court?
Yes. The UPC is pan-European, multilingual, three years old, and underserved by legacy patent-litigation tools. Adjacent EPO and national-office data is referenced where it sharpens a UPC question.
What does 'forum strategy' mean at the UPC?
Forum strategy is choosing where to file among the UPC's 13 local divisions, its regional division, and a central division sitting in Paris, Munich and Milan. Divisions diverge in preliminary-injunction grant rates, time-to-decision, language of proceedings, and patent owner win share, and the choice meaningfully shapes both odds and timeline.
How quickly is a new filing reflected?
New filings and decisions are added in regular updates, usually every week. Each update extracts and classifies the new decisions.
Do you support German, French, Italian, Dutch?
Yes — decisions are processed natively in their issued language, then normalized into structured outcomes a non-native reader can use.
What is a security-for-costs order at the UPC?
Under R.158 of the UPC Rules of Procedure and Art. 69(4) UPCA, a defendant may ask the court to order the claimant to post security for the defendant's likely costs. The Court of Appeal in Syntorr v. Arthrex clarified that litigation-insurance policies can satisfy this requirement.