On December 15, 2017 the Supreme Court has adopted two resolutions, significant for the practice of seeking redress due to unlawful Internet publications.
These resolutions concern the judicial protection of personal rights (signature III CZP 91/17) and the claims according to the provisions of the Act of combating the unfair competition (signature III CZP 82/17). The Supreme Court has stated that both: the person seeking protection of the personal right and the entrepreneur seeking redress due to an act of unfair competition may bring an action before the court in the district of which the accessibility of the website containing the unlawful publications caused threat or infringement of their interest or personal right.
It means that, contrary to the hitherto common judicial practice, the cases against the subjects publishing on the websites content that infringe the rights of other persons can be recognized by every court according to the choice of person bringing the action, since the content published in the Internet is accessible in the district of every court.
The possibility to choose the court is a significant practical convenience for the person bringing the action. The adopted resolutions may therefore contribute to sue the authors of unlawful content more often than before.