Judicial venues for unfair competition cases

It may either choose the court located in the district in which the defendant has his place of business, or may apply to the court located in the district in which the allegedly unlawful act has been committed (Unfair Competition Act, Sec. 14 para. (1) and (2)). In practice, the second option has developed into the more significant one by far because in Germany commercial businesses tend to offer their products or services nationwide, so advertisements are published with nationwide effect.