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cryptocurrency services,a license is required1. At the federal level in the United States, regulations regarding cryptocurrency are mainly nothing but proposals and are based on the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) of 1970 and the Patriot Act2.

Inaddition,thereareafewmeansofconsumerprotectionandregulationforcryptocurrency. Generally speaking, the Commodities Futures Exchange Commission (CFTC) regulates the trading of cryptocurrency futures and spot markets, while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) monitors emerging cryptocurrencies, including initial coin offerings (ICOs), to make sure they are not designed as securities3.

Having briefly reviewed the legal status of cryptocurrency in these jurisdictions, we can pose the following questions. Why do states still not consider cryptocurrency to be the most effective unit? And why is it so difficult to create federal legislation that willtakeintoaccounttheinterestsofboththestateandcryptocurrencyusers?Thefact is that there are certain circumstances that are advantageous for this particular industry, whichatthe same timemake itdifficult for thestate toprovidetotal protection for users of cryptocurrencies. Firstly, this is based on the opposition of the main concept of cryptocurrency and the national interests. Thus, anonymity and decentralization, whicharethemainadvantagesof«crypto»,makeitchallengingtobefullyprovidedfor the state. For example, one way to legitimize cryptocurrency is to give it the same statusassecurities.However,fromauserperspective,thiswouldviolatetheprimaryprinciple —decentralization.Secondly,thepotentialdangerofcryptocurrencyisthatitcan be used as a vehicle for money laundering. Thirdly, there is a difficulty in classifying cryptocurrencies as a specific object of civil law. By their nature, they can be related to right in rem, but the non-depository status, due to its decentralized form, complicates the legal regulation. Fourthly, the global spread of cryptocurrency leads to the issue of the correlation between local and international regulation of digital currency. Roman Jankowski states in his article: «The same issues are relevant for blockchain regulation asfortheregulationofglobalnetworksingeneral.Inparticular,thisrelatestotheissue of extraterritoriality on the Internet. Each state has its owntradition of legal regulation ofinformationtechnology.Internationalregulationinthisareaisminimal.A partofthe regulation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain relates to the regulation of the foreign exchange, financial and securities markets, which traditionally are the responsibility of national jurisdictions. The only area related to the strong international cooperation (based on the FATF) is anti-money laundering, but it would be difficult to obtain any international agreements on that basis.»4

1 «Cryptocurrencies legal regulation» I. Cvetkova. Brics law journal — Vol. V, 2018. P. 143. 2 «What Are the Laws for Cryptocurrency?» Jeffrey M Green. URL: https://www.the-

balancemoney.com/what-are-the-laws-for-cryptocurrency-5121102.

3 «What Are the Laws for Cryptocurrency?» Jeffrey M Green. URL: https://www.the- balancemoney.com/what-are-the-laws-for-cryptocurrency-5121102.

4 «The Issues of Legal Regulation of Cryptocurrencies» Yankovsky Roman M. Modern RussianLaw:InteractionofScience,LawmakingandPractice.MoscowLawWeek.Т. 1.Moscow:RGPress, 2018. P. 49.

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Therefore, we can conclude that it is crucial to eliminate the risk of suspicious transactions, terrorist financing, purchase of illegal substances using cryptocurrencies and at the same time to preserve the basic benefits of cryptocurrency. The search for a good balance takes time and is the main challenge for cryptocurrency-using states.

Загороднюк Ю. К., Канунникова Л. А. Университет имени О.Е. Кутафина (МГЮА)

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Cyber couture in metaverses: the IP issues

Abstract. In the following article, authors discuss the concept of copyright from the perspective of digital fashion in metaverses. Particular attention is given to the implementation of license agreement for legal reglamentation of the relationships between real-life designersandITspecialists.Moreover,authorssuggesttherecognitionofanonlinefashion show in metaverses as a complex object of IP law.

Keywords: metaverse, digital fashion, copyright, complex object.

Metaversesarethenewchallengeforthelegalareainthe21 century.Thenumber of human life's fields that are covered by metaverses progressively increases. In particular, the fashion industry has alsobeen touched by this quitedisputable phenomenon. Thisarticlerepresentstheissueofdigitalfashioninthecontextofintellectualproperty.

The first point that should be considered is the ownership of copyright.

The protection of tangible fashion design differs from the protection of its digital version. Under theU.S. Copyright Act1976, clothing, in general, is considered as a useful article that is inherently functional and not protectable under copyright law1. A «usefularticle»accordingtotheActisdefinedasanyarticle«havingintrinsicutilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information». As a result of such approach, practically all fashion industry falls outside the scope of copyright law regulation. Still, there are some exceptions to this provision: U.S. Copyright office agreed in its Policy Decision on Registrability of Costume designs 1991 to register fanciful costumes «if they contain separable pictorial or sculptural authorship»2. However, the design itself is not covered by this exemption.

Digital designs, on the contrary, stay within thescope of copyrightregulation. The U.S. Supreme Court has established the precedential ruling in Star Athletica vs Varsity Brands case that should be applicable to virtual article of clothing. According to the Court, copyright law protects design elements which:

1 CopyrightActof1976,Pub.L. No. 94-553,90Stat.2541(Oct.19,1976),codifiedatvarious parts of Title 17 U. S. Code.

2 US Copyright Office Policy Decision on Registrability of Costume designs (ML-435) (1991).

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1)«canbeperceivedastwo-orthree-dimensionalworksofartseparatefromthe» fashion item itself; and

2)«qualify as a protectable pictorial, graphic, or sculpturalwork, either on its own or fixed in some other tangible medium».

Therefore,thestandardrequiredforIPprotectionofdigitaldesignsisquitesimple to meet as the test does not contain functionality condition, that is the main obstacle for tangible designs.

In Europe, the situation is slightly different: they implemented a EU-wide protection for design rights by adopting the EU Designs Protection Directive (98/71/EC). The Directive required all Member States to protect «designs» by registration and defined design as «the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the featuresof the lines,contours, colours,shape, textureorits ornamentation»1. To be valid, the design must be novel and possess an individual character. There is also the Council Regulation № 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, which divided the protection of fashion designs into two parts: registered and unregistered. Registered rights for the first term are protected five years from the application filing date with a renewal possibility for up to 25 years. However, the EU have not developed yet any specific reglamentation in the sphere of digital fashion.

Although the registration of virtual garments for copyright is easier in particular countries, this does not solve the key problem: in case when adesigner decides to create a virtual alternative of his/her physical product in metaverses or NFT, the question of authorship inevitably arises.

The process of creating 3D-products includes usage of specialized software package.UnderWIPOCopyrightTreaty, computer programsareprotectedasliteraryworks within the meaning of Article 2 of the Berne Convention. Such protection applies to computerprograms,whatevermaybethemodeorformoftheirexpression.Therefore, from the perspective of intellectual property, the ownership for virtual article of clothing belongs to the license holder of the 3D software.

This solution does not offer equitable opportunities in all cases. The original concept was created by the «physical» designer, therefore, the elements of creativity and uniqueness of the garment initially belonged to him, the 3D designer often acts as an implementer.However,itshallnotbedeniedthat theprocessofrecreatingdesign digitally also demands some creativity, in particular, if animation is needed.

Amendments to the legislation in part of copyright to virtual designs does not seem reasonable. The best way to secure the balance of interest of both «physical» designer and digital one is contractual protection — in particular, the license agreement.

1 Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/1998/71/oj].

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Under the license agreement, the copyrightholder (licensor) grants permission to use the protected intellectual property object to the extent stipulated by the agreement to another person (licensee), and the latter assumes the obligation to make payments to the licensor stipulated by the agreement. In the fashion industry, license agreements are usually used only for trademarks. However, authors suppose that it is possible to use them for splitting copyright between a 3D-designer and a real-life one. Moreover, it is a great opportunity for granting the right to persons organizing online fashion shows in metaverses to use the designs of fashion companies' real clothes. It seems that the license contracts of fashion design usage in the Internet performs the same function as the trademark license agreements — serve to increase the licensor's brand awareness in real life. These agreements will meet the needs of two parties at once: the registered rights of the licensor will not be violated, while the licensee receives the right to use this design and sell online clothes in metaverses.

There is one more issue in metaverses' fashion shows considering intellectual property. To develop it, we should describe the scope of an online fashion show. The most popular fashion week was on the platform Decentraland, inMarch 2022. And the leading show was the Dolce&Gabbana one: the avatars of the models were presented in the form of cats. Each cat walked along the catwalk in clothes from the brand's new collection, performing some unusual action (jumping with scrolling, bowing, flying). So fashion shows in metaverses are not just the way of showing the clothes, they are the full performances including the job of designers, art-directors, music writers, IT-spe- cialists.Thisleadsustotheideathatfashionshowsincludeseveralintellectualproperty objects. Such an object should be considered as a complex object of intellectual property, as fashion show has all the features that a complex object has:

—it represents a single object with structural interconnection and a single goal

—on the other hand, it has a complex composition formed from a set of a different results of intellectual activity

It is impossible to separate the role of IT-specialists from the role of music writers and directors, while all of the intellectual property objects made by them serve one goal —createaperformancefromthefashionshow.Thespecificityofacomplexobject is that the person who organized the creation of this object has the rights to use a complexobjectandallitscomponentsonthebasisofalicenseagreement.Thus,recognition of meta-universes' fashion shows as complex objects of intellectual rights leads totheobligationofITspecialists'toconcludealicenseagreementwiththeparticipants of the performance, which reduces the possibility of illegal use of intellectual property objects.

In conclusion, the regulation of digital fashion cannot objectively meet the requirements of technical evolution, hence, contractual reglamentation is the most effectivewayofsolvingtheproblem.Onlytheimplementationofalltheinstrumentsthat were mentioned above can secure the proper protection of intellectual rights in the field of online fashion industry.

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Нилова П. Е. Университет имени О.Е. Кутафина (МГЮА)

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Misregulating in the legal regulation of the «marking» of advertising in the information and telecommunication network «Internet» in the initiative Russian policy

Abstract. Federal law № 347 dated 02.07.2021 «On Amendments to the Federal Law «On Advertising» was enacted in 2021. It implemented the record of advertising postedin the Internetnetwork.Thisarticledealswiththeprocessof«marking»ofadvertisingintheRussian Federation.

Keywords: the «marking» of advertising, the information and telecommunication network «Internet», statutory regulation.

Advertising is one of the most important competitive tools of modern consumer society as it represents the information addressed to the general public and it is aimed at drawing of attention to the advertising's object and formation, maintaining the interest of such object and its market promotion (cl. 1 art. 3 Federal law No. 38 dated 13.03.2006 «On Advertising1; hereinafter — «Law on advertising»).

Advertisement is one of the primary instrument for drawing of consumer's attention. To reach a larger audience and increase the sales of the proposed product or service, the approach of the creation of commercials is constantly improving, new platformsforitsplacementareemerging,theadformatitselfischanging.Thisgivesreason to believe that legislators need to regulate these relations in order to prevent the spread of inappropriate advertising (taking into account the requirements of each country).

The legislation on advertising forges ahead, it is changing by the new realities. So, withthe advent oftheinformationandtelecommunicationsnetwork«Internet»(hereinafter — the Internet) we have moved into a digital space for communication, work and shopping. The use of the Internet as a platform for advertising and informational materials (hereinafter — AIM) initially seemed impossible. At the same time, consideringtheactiveuseoftheInternet,itbecamenecessaryformarketingspecialiststobring advertising to a new level and use the platform for advertising to increase sales. However, the lack of legislative regulation of this process made it possible to distribute inappropriate advertising, which allows legislators to implement new «rules of the game».

Taking into account the need provided, some countries of the Commonwealth of IndependentStates(hereinafter —CIS)implementedminimalrulesgoverningrelations

1 Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 2006. № 51.

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in the sphere of internet advertising (Republic of Kazakhstan1, Azerbaijan Republic2, Kyrgyz Republic3). For example, the legislative of the Republic of Uzbekistan4 and the Republic of Belarus5 issued a little bit more rules, however, they did not cover the relationships that have arisen. However, at the moment a several states (such as the Republic of Armenia6, the Republic of Tajikistan7 and the Republic of Moldova8), do not regulate the placement of the advertisement on the Internet.

Realizing the risks of uncontrolled posting of ads on the Internet, Federal Law No. 347 FZ of 02.07.2021 «On Amendments to the Federal Law «On Advertising» was adopted on 02.07.2021, which establishes the obligation of the federal executive authority exercising functions of control and supervision in the field of mass media, mass communications, information technology and communications (hereinafter — Roskomnadzor)tokeeprecordsof the AIM posted on theInternetinaspecialUnifiedRegister of Internet advertising (hereinafter — ERIR) and introducing the obligation to «mark» advertising. Thus, Russia became the first country from the CIS countries to introduce «labeling» of advertising on the Internet.

Theterm«marking»oftheadvertisementisa generalnotionthat is notstatutory. It mean the presence of the mark «advertising», information about the advertiser or links to a site page containing such information, as well as an advertising identifier (token) that is not visible to the audience, as well acts where information on every commercial about the clickthrough, the amount of payments for the ads, partners etc is disclosed (act razolocazii) (cl. 6 art. 18.1 Law on advertising, explanation of Roskomnadzor9). It should be noted that these requirements apply to all advertising materials, except for the email newsletters and push notifications.

Let's consider the process of advertising labeling itself, which includes:

1)creation of AIM;

2)filing of the advertiser or the advertising distributor to the owner of programs for electronic computers designed establishing the fact of advertising distribution in

1 URL:https://online.zakon.kz/Document/?doc_id=1045608 (date ofreference30.09.2022). 2 URL:https://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=83040(date ofreference:30.09.2022). 3 URL: https://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=117 (date of reference: 30.09.2022). 4 URL:https://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=141196(dateofreference:30.09.2022). 5 URL:https://pravo.by/document/?guid=3871&p0=h10700225(dateofreference:30.09.2022). 6 URL: http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1707&lang=rus (date of

reference: 30.09.2022).

7 URL: http://ncz.tj/content/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD- %D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8- %D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D 0%BD-%D0%BE-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5 (date of reference: 30.09.2022).

8 URL:https://online.zakon.kz/Document/?doc_id=34877993(dateofreference:30.09.2022). 9 URL: https://adindex.ru/publication/opinion/right/2022/06/22/305028.phtml (date of

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the information and telecommunications network «Internet» authorized by Roskomnadzor (advertising data operator; hereinafter — ORD) for the assignment of a token and data transmission to the ERIR;

3)ORD assigns an identifier to the AIM, transmits the data to Roskomnadzor;

4)Roskomnadzor makes entries to the ERIR;

5)the period of advertising distribution on the Internet;

6)transmission to ORD information about parties of the chain, agreements, and acts with clients, with the ultimate advertiser and intermediary, commercial (e.g., statistic) (this point is essential in the case when the advertiser doesn't post ads with the help of ORD, because otherwise, it is expected that, ORD transmits this data by itself);

7)ORD transmits this data to Roskomnadzor;

8)records,processingofinformation,anditsstoragebyRoskomnadzorforatleast 5 years.

The Law on advertising establishes the list of subjects obligated to provide or ensuretheprovisionofinformationaboutAIMtoRoskomnazor,inparticular:advertisers, advertising distributors, advertising system operators who have placed an advertisement on the Internet (clause 3 of Article 18.1). The law provides exceptions to this requirementforsocialadvertisingoperatorsandadvertiserswhohavetheexclusiveright for advertising objects. It is important to note that the listed entities transmit information to Roskomnadzor exclusively through the ORD, what entails additional costs.

The above-mentioned subjects are obliged to transfer to the ORD the following list of data for record in the ERIR: information about the advertiser, advertising distributors, AIM, the operator of the advertising system, i.e., it is necessary to disclose parts ofthechainortheentirechain(iftheorderfortheplacementofadvertisingisreceived by the advertising distributor directly from advertisers) of contractual relations (cl. 5 art. 18.1 the Law on advertising).

In conclusion, let's get down to the problems faced by those who place advertisements on the Internet, despite the «adaptation» 13-month period:

1.According toparagraphs 6, 7 of Article 18.1 of the Law on Advertising, Roskomnadzor established requirements for programs for electronic computers used by the

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ORD to recordadvertising on theInternet and provide information1, as well as the procedureformaintainingtheregisterofORD2;theGovernmentoftheRussianFederation fixed the procedure for creating and operating a commission for the selection of ORD, as well as the conditions for such selection3.. However, the list of ORD had not been specified to the 1 of the September 2022. Roskomnadzor selected advertising data operators only in the 29th of November 2022, the list includes the following: «Development Laboratory», «Yandex Advertising Data Operator», «VK Advertising Technologies», «OZONE ORD», «MediaScout», «First ORD», «ORD A»4.

2.ERIR is under development.

3.Due to the fact that many were not ready for the «new», although well-known, rules for posting ads on the Internet, Roskomnadzor indicated that fines for violating Article 18.1 of the Law on Advertising will not be imposed until March 1, 20235. This statement is controversial, as it comes from an unauthorized body to bring to justice forviolatingArticle 14.3oftheAdministrativeCode6.Atthesametime,theantimonopoly authority itself did not establish «holidays». It is worth noting that now «the questionof conclusionanagreement»between theFederal AntimonopolyServiceofRussia and Roskomnadzor is being worked out7. This period (from September 1, 2022 to March 1, 2023) provides an opportunity to establish an advertising labeling system in practice, which seems necessary. However, many advertisers have decided that in the

1 OrderofFederalServiceforSupervisionofCommunications,InformationTechnology,and Mass MediaNo. 64 dated 11.04.2022 Order of Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass MediaNo. 64 dated 11.04.2022 «On Approval of Requirements for Programs for Electronic Computers Used by Advertising Data Operators to Account for advertising in the Internet Information and Telecommunications Network and provide information to the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Communications, Information Technology and mass communications» // URL: http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202205300027 (date of reference: 30.09.2022).

2 Roskomnadzor Order No. 62 dated 11.04.2022 «On Approval of the Procedure for Maintaining the Register of Advertising data operators» // URL: http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202205130003 (date of reference: 30.09.2022).

3 Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 966 dated 28.05.2022 «On approvaloftheRegulationsontheEstablishmentandActivitiesoftheCommissionfortheselection of an advertising Data Operator, as well as the conditions for the selection of an advertising data operator» // Legislation Bulletin of the Russian Federation..2022. No. 23. P. 3794.

4 Selected ORD // URL: https://rkn.gov.ru/news/rsoc/news74556.htm?utm_source =google.com&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=google.com&utm_referrer=google.com (date of reference: 18.10.2022).

5 URL: https://t.me/adpass_media/2712 (date of reference: 30.09.2022).

6 cl. 1 Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 331 dated 30.06.2004 «On Approval of the Regulations on the Federal Antimonopoly Service» // Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 2004. № 162.

7 LetteroftheFASofRussiadated03.10.2022№ KT/90922/22«OnClarificationofParts 12, 15, 16 of Article 18.1 of the Federal Law «On Advertising» // SPS «ConsultantPlus».

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absence of sanctions, it is not necessary to fulfill the requirements of the Law. Therefore it can be concluded that the goals (to test the system in practice, to give the opportunity to gain experience) will not be fully achieved.

In conclusion, I would like to note that in connection with the people transition to the Internet space and the presence of rules on advertising on all other platforms for advertising, the regulation of advertising and information materials on the Internet is seen as an important and necessary milestone in the developmentof advertising legislationformodernsociety.Also,theRussianFederation,beingthefirstcountryfromthe CIS, which regulated the dissemination of advertisements on the Internet in sufficient detail, introduced record for such materials, and also introduced requirements for markingthisadvertising,madeabigpushinregulatingtheserelations,additionallyprotecting consumers from spam advertising, from receiving information without determining its (information) advertising character.

Османова К. Р. Университет имени О.Е. Кутафина (МГЮА)

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Understanding the nature of the gift certificate and why it needs to be rethought

Abstract. Courts still make mistakes, and in the end they cannot find a unified approach to understandingthelegalessenceofgiftcertificatesandsocialrelationsthatariseinconnectionwithitstransferanduse.Thearticleprovidesanintroductiontothedoctrineandanalysis of judicial practice in an attempt to study the relationship to the legal nature of a gift certificate. The article also reveals the issue of the status of the consumer in the studied relationships and the problem of refundability.

Keywords: gift certificate, legal nature, consumer rights, contract.

It is important to point out from the very beginning that the relationship between the seller and the buyer of a gift certificate is not built on the model of retail sale and purchase, where the object is a thing (property), including specified by the parties in the future.

Relationships associated with the sale of a gift certificate are only a prerequisite forapotentialtransactionforthesaleofgoodsorservices,whiletheydonotguarantee that such relationships can generally arise at all, since the fact of their occurrence is probabilistic in nature and depends entirely on the will of the gift certificate's holder. However, in any case, in relations with the consumer, it is necessary to apply the Law «On Protection of Consumer Rights», since the consumer, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the preamble of the law, is a citizen who intends to order or purchase or order,acquireorusegoods(works,services)exclusivelyforpersonal,family,household

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and other needs not related to the implementation of entrepreneurial activities1. This fully corresponds to the nature of a gift certificate.

Now let's move on to the issue of legal nature. How do the courts take it? Confirmationofthetransferofliabilityrights,thesubjectofdonationinfavorofathirdparty, a document confirming the fulfillment by the buyer of the obligation to pay for the goods and the counter obligation of the seller to transfer the goods to the buyer and much more.

The purchase of a gift certificate, as correctly stated by the courts, is a transfer of obligationsforafee,certifiedbyaspecialdocument —a giftcertificate,andthemoney paid for a gift card is an advance payment for goods that will be transferred to the consumer if he demands2.

Having received gift certificates as a donee, the new holder takes the place of the giverinlegalrelationswiththirdpartiesregardingthesubjectofthegift(par. 2art. 430 CC RF3).Thepurchaseofagiftcertificateinthedefendant'sstoreiscarriedoutwithout reference to the identity of the consumer, since it was not registered4. Therefore, the donee as a consumer also acquires the right to demand the return of the amount of money paid for him.

In one of the cases, the cassation appellant asked to cancel the judicial acts of the previous instances and satisfy the claim, referring to the fact that gift certificates are documents confirming the deposit of funds (regardless of who exactly) according to theirfacevalueordonatingthemtothebearer,andthereforetheirholderhastheright receive either a discount on the goods, or cash in the amount of the face value of the certificates. The court upheld the complaint5.

At the same time, the courts reasonably noted that since, due to the expiration of the certificate, the complainant did not realize the possibility of purchasing the goods fortheconsumer,whenusingthecertificateasameansofpayment,thefundspaidfor the certificate are an unjust enrichment of the Seller and are subject to return to the consumer6.

1 Federal Law of 07.02.1992 № 2300 1 (ed. of 14.07.2022) «On consumer protection» // «Collection of Laws of the RF», 15.01.1996, № 3, art. 140.

2The Act of the Urals District Commercial Court dated 05.07.2022 № Ф09-4164/22 in case

№А76-31804/2021.

3 The Civil Code of the Russian Federation (part one) from 30.11.1994 № 51 FZ (ed. from 25.02.2022) (with the additions and amendments, entering into legal force from 01.09.2022) // Russian Newspaper, № 238-239, 08.12.1994.

4 The Court Decision of the Forth Court of Cassation of general jurisdiction dated 01.06.2020 in case № 88-15035/2020, 2-1-1788/2019.

5 The Court Decision of the Eighth Court of Cassation of general jurisdiction dated 07.12.2021 in case № 88-21781/2021, 2-672/2021.

6Act of the Urals District Commercial Court dated 05.07.2022 № Ф09-4164/22 in case

№А76-31804/2021.

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