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_182/2024 SEARCH DEVICE FOR AVALANCHE VICTIMS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SEARCH DEVICE FOR AVALANCHE VICTIMS	Court of Appeal	4	jurisdictionamend its case under Rule 263.2 – applies even in provisional measuresurgency – calculation of delay from awareness of facts sufficient for PI application	Apr 18, 2024	PI granted
2	UPC_CoA_699/2025	Court of Appeal	3	jurisdictionconfidentiality of information communicated pursuant to court order	Aug 12, 2025	Procedural only
3	UPC_CFI_213/2025 SURGICAL, TORQUE-TRANSMITTING INSTRUMENT INCLUDING ASSOCIATED TOOL	Dusseldorf LD	2	default procedure when defendant fails to lodge objection to PI applicationdefault PI order where defendant failed to lodge objection after good service	Mar 18, 2025	PI granted