§ 21 TDDDG
Inventory Data
(1)Upon order of the competent authorities, providers of digital services may, in individual cases, provide information on inventory data insofar as this is necessary for the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
(2)The provider of digital services may furthermore, in individual cases, provide information on inventory data in its possession insofar as this is necessary for the enforcement of civil-law claims arising from the infringement of absolutely protected rights on the basis of unlawful audiovisual content or on the basis of content that fulfils the elements of the offences under Sections 86, 86a, 89a, 91, 100a, 111, 126, 129 to 129b, 130, 131, 140, 166, 184b, 185 to 187, 189, 201a, 241, or 269 of the Criminal Code and is not justified. To this extent, the provider is obliged to provide information to the injured party.
(3)For the provision of information under paragraph 2, a prior judicial order on the permissibility of the provision of information is required, which must be applied for by the injured party. The court shall simultaneously decide on the obligation to provide information, unless the application is expressly limited to the order on the permissibility of the provision of information. The Regional Court shall have jurisdiction for issuing such an order regardless of the amount in dispute. The court in whose district the injured party has his or her domicile, seat, or establishment shall have territorial jurisdiction. The decision shall be made by the civil chamber. The provisions of the Act on Proceedings in Family Matters and in Matters of Voluntary Jurisdiction shall apply accordingly to the proceedings. The costs of the judicial order shall be borne by the injured party. An appeal shall lie against the decision of the Regional Court.
(4)The provider of digital services is to be involved as a participant in the proceedings under paragraph 3. The provider may inform the user about the initiation of the proceedings.