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_CoA_523/2024 HERBICIDE COMPOSITIONS	Court of Appeal	10	cost decision should be issued in inter partes PI proceedingssecurity for enforcement is discretionary; defendant must raise at first instancesecurity discretion in inter partes provisional measures	Sep 11, 2024	Procedural only
2	UPC_CoA_456/2024	Court of Appeal	3	claimant may rely on supplementary jurisdictional grounds in replyclaimant may supplement jurisdiction basis in rejoinderadmission of new arguments into proceedings	Aug 2, 2024	—
3	UPC_CoA_2/2024 PROSTHETIC VALVE CRIMPING DEVICE	Court of Appeal	3	suspensive effect — manifestly wrong ordercosts allocation when cease-and-desist given immediately after PI applicationcosts allocation when no warning letter and immediate cease-and-desist	Jan 2, 2024	Costs only
4	UPC_CoA_207/2024 MRI-SAFE DISK MAGNET FOR IMPLANTS	Court of Appeal	2	language regimelanguage regime — domicile of parties in country of chosen language is important factor	May 3, 2024	Dismissed