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).
jurisdiction
29 times cited · 15 case
UPC_CFI_809/2025
Dusseldorf LD3
UPC_CFI_355/2023
Dusseldorf LD2
UPC_CoA_182/2024
Court of Appeal2
UPC_CoA_156/2025
Court of Appeal2
UPC_CoA_404/2023
Court of Appeal2
UPC_CoA_239/2025
Court of Appeal2
UPC_CFI_1771/2025
Paris CD2
UPC_CoA_511/2024
Court of Appeal2
procedural
18 times cited · 16 case
UPC_CFI_484/2023
Paris CD2
UPC_CFI_361/2025
Paris LD2
UPC_CFI_307/2023
Paris CD1
UPC_CoA_523/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CFI_164/2024
Paris CD1
UPC_CoA_826/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CFI_76/2024
Dusseldorf LD1
UPC_CFI_513/2024
Milan CD1
language regime
14 times cited · 10 case
UPC_CoA_101/2024
Court of Appeal2
UPC_CoA_30/2024
Court of Appeal2
UPC_CFI_210/2023
Mannheim LD2
UPC_CFI_216/2023
Mannheim LD2
UPC_CoA_207/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CoA_354/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CFI_99/2024
Dusseldorf LD1
UPC_CFI_410/2023
Mannheim LD1
infringement by equivalents
13 times cited · 8 case
UPC_CoA_768/2024
Court of Appeal2
UPC_CFI_239/2023
The Hague LD2
UPC_CFI_471/2023
Mannheim LD2
UPC_CFI_363/2024
Paris LD2
UPC_CFI_162/2024
Mannheim LD2
UPC_CFI_443/2023
Munich LD1
UPC_CFI_159/2024
Mannheim LD1
UPC_CFI_376/2023
Brussels LD1
security for costs
10 times cited · 10 case
UPC_CFI_332/2024
Mannheim LD1
UPC_CFI_508/2023
Munich LD1
UPC_CoA_431/2025
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CoA_218/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CoA_548/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CFI_74/2024
Munich LD1
UPC_CFI_151/2024
Hamburg LD1
UPC_CoA_301/2024
Court of Appeal1
urgency
5 times cited · 4 case
UPC_CFI_452/2023
Dusseldorf LD2
UPC_CFI_214/2023
Helsinki LD1
UPC_CFI_2/2023
Munich LD1
UPC_CFI_1747/2025
Dusseldorf LD1
infringement
5 times cited · 5 case
UPC_CFI_239/2023
The Hague LD1
UPC_CFI_223/2023
Mannheim LD1
UPC_CFI_515/2023
Munich LD1
UPC_CFI_390/2023
Munich LD1
UPC_CFI_460/2025
Munich LD1
Art. 32 UPCA / Brussels I jurisdiction
5 times cited · 5 case
UPC_CoA_30/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CoA_156/2025
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CoA_380/2025
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CoA_288/2025
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CoA_317/2025
Court of Appeal1
FRAND
4 times cited · 4 case
UPC_CoA_523/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CFI_390/2023
Munich LD1
UPC_CoA_227/2024
Court of Appeal1
UPC_CoA_354/2024
Court of Appeal1
claim construction
4 times cited · 3 case
cost decision in PI proceedings – Hamburg LD practice
4 times cited · 2 case
claim amendment
3 times cited · 3 case
delivery up to bailiff as proportionate provisional measure
3 times cited · 3 case
cost decision should be issued in inter partes PI proceedings
2 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_523/2024
Court of Appeal2
stay of proceedings
2 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_22/2024
Court of Appeal2
claimant may rely on supplementary jurisdictional grounds in reply
2 times cited · 2 case
place of infringement under Art. 33(1)(a) UPCA construed like Art. 7(2) Brussels Ia
2 times cited · 2 case
impugned order refusing change of language
2 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CFI_463/2023
Dusseldorf LD2
intervention — distinction of direct vs indirect interest
2 times cited · 2 case
suspensive effect — exceptional circumstances
2 times cited · 2 case
claimant may supplement jurisdiction basis in rejoinder
2 times cited · 2 case
cost decision in inter partes provisional measures
2 times cited · 2 case
balancing of interests in public access to register
2 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_404/2023
Court of Appeal2
balance of interests favours access after case is closed
2 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_404/2023
Court of Appeal2
R.265.1 RoP applies equally to withdrawal of appeals
2 times cited · 2 case
Paris LD confidentiality order (impugned)
2 times cited · 2 case
default PI order where defendant failed to lodge objection after good service
2 times cited · 2 case
inventive step and sufficiency
2 times cited · 2 case
conditional counterclaim — admissibility of intra-procedural condition
2 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CFI_414/2024
Mannheim LD2
time extension appropriate only in justified exceptional cases
2 times cited · 2 case
confidentiality order under R. 262A RoP
2 times cited · 2 case
publication of decision - discretion under Art. 80 UPCA
2 times cited · 2 case
impugned provisional measures order
2 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CFI_2/2023
Munich LD2
impugned procedural order on term extension
2 times cited · 1 case
production of unredacted documents for court review in confidentiality proceedings
2 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CFI_463/2023
Dusseldorf LD2
novelty
1 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_457/2024
Court of Appeal1
cost decision justified in inter partes provisional measures proceedings
1 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_523/2024
Court of Appeal1
discretionary review
1 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_486/2023
Court of Appeal1
revocation
1 times cited · 1 case
urgency (PI)
1 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_301/2024
Court of Appeal1
indirect infringement
1 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_534/2024
Court of Appeal1
costs allocation after patent surrender in revocation action
1 times cited · 1 case
order under review — dismissal of provisional measures appeal
1 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CoA_405/2024
Court of Appeal1
impugned confidentiality order
1 times cited · 1 case
impugned order dismissing security for costs application
1 times cited · 1 case
impugned order dismissing provisional measures application
1 times cited · 1 case
impugned order on severance of action
1 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CFI_9/2023
Munich LD1
angefochtene Anordnung zur Abtrennung
1 times cited · 1 case
UPC_CFI_9/2023
Munich LD1