UPC_APP_33094/2025

The Hague Local Division (18 August 2025) confirmed the preliminary objection order upholding UPC jurisdiction over multiple Moderna entities (including Moderna Spain and Moderna Norway) in infringement actions concerning COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax. The panel dismissed all Moderna's grounds challenging international jurisdiction under Brussels Regulation Art. 7(2) and 8(1) and the Lugano Convention.