New rules of personal rights and interest protection in the Internet realm

The Supreme People's Court (SPC) promulgated Rules of the Supreme People's Court to resolve Issues concerning the law application to the Trial of Civil Disputes of Personal rights Infringement through Information Networks (Rules) on press conference on October 9^th, 2014, and the Rules took effective the next day. The SPC also published eight typical cases related to the Rules at the same time. The promulgation of the Rules and cases caught extensive attention and heated up the discussions on the internet and media. This article interprets the Act from the perspective of how to protect the legitimate rights and interests under the act as follows:

1. Corporations, other organizations and natural persons all have grounds to protect their rights under the Rules