Leading cases

The most-cited UPC decisions, organized by legal point. The precedent backbone of UPC case law.

Westlaw-style precedent index for the UPC. 50 most-cited cases extracted from 0 decisions (2,892 citations).

#	Case	Division	Citations	Stands for	Filed	Outcome
1	UPC_CFI_463/2023 METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR LOCALISED OR SPATIAL DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID IN A TISSUE SAMPLE	Dusseldorf LD	7	impugned order refusing change of languageproduction of unredacted documents for court review in confidentiality proceedingsurgency — delay of 2.5 months considered unacceptable under strict UPC case law	Dec 4, 2023	PI granted
2	UPC_CFI_2/2023 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION	Munich LD	6	jurisdictionimpugned provisional measures orderurgency	Jun 1, 2023	PI granted
3	UPC_CFI_361/2025 DETERMINISTIC UE BEHAVIOUR FOR CSI/SRS REPORTING DURING DRX	Paris LD	5	proceduralParis LD confidentiality order (impugned)Paris LD FRAND infringement action	—	Dismissed
4	UPC_CFI_373/2023 A DEVICE FOR CARBONATING A LIQUID WITH PRESSURIZED GAS	Dusseldorf LD	2	claim amendmentpublication of decision - discretion under Art. 80 UPCA	Oct 18, 2023	Procedural only
5	UPC_CFI_74/2024 MOBILE COMPUTER CONFIGURED TO READ MULTIPLE DECODABLE INDICIA	Munich LD	2	security for costsurgency — significant long-term harm justifies necessity of PI	Feb 22, 2024	—
6	UPC_CFI_376/2023 DEVICE FOR TREATING NIGHT TIME BREATHING PROBLEMS	Brussels LD	2	infringement by equivalents – common denominator test (same function, same effect)infringement by equivalents	Oct 23, 2023	Not infringed