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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">diright</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Digital Law Journal</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Цифровое право</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2686-9136</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Maxim Inozemtsev</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.38044/2686-9136-2022-3-3-20-42</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">diright-115</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Limits of product liability of the marketplace owners in the Russian Federation and the USA</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Пределы гражданско-правовой ответственности владельцев маркетплейсов перед потребителями в РФ и США</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Краулин</surname><given-names>К. К.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kraulin</surname><given-names>K. K.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистрант программы «Цифровое право» факультета права,</p><p>109028, Москва, Большой Трехсвятительский пер., 3</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>LL.M. Student (LL.M. Program on Digital Law), Faculty of Law, </p><p>3, Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelskiy Pereulok, Moscow, 109028</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kraulin.konstantin@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Higher School of Economics (HSE University)</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2022</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>02</day><month>10</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>3</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>20</fpage><lpage>42</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Kraulin K.K., 2022</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Краулин К.К.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kraulin K.K.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/115">https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/115</self-uri><abstract><p>The paper analyzes the limits of product liability of the marketplace for the actions of sellers (performers) in both countries. Research objectives are to identify the main trends in regulating the business of marketplace owners and prepare proposals for amendments to Russian legislation in view of the foreign experience. The relevance of the study is due to the global trend to expand the limits of liability of digital platforms, as evidenced by individual legislative initiatives in recent years, as well as doctrinal studies and discussions in the media. The paper consistently analyzes the special provisions of Russian legislation on consumer protection, which determine the legal status of the owners of marketplaces. Then it reviews the most significant legal disputes in Russia and the USA reflecting the main trends in the field of defining the limits of liability of the owner of the marketplace as an intermediary and directly the seller (performer). Besides, the author identifies and substantiates the main enforcement problems of the responsibility of owners of aggregators in Russia and in the USA. In particular, the author describes the controversial decisions of Russian courts regarding the legal status of the «owner of the aggregator» in the same legal entity. The courts’ formalistic approach based on the literal content of the marketplace owner’s agreements with users is also mentioned. Finally, it is concluded that it would be fair to consolidate the subsidiary liability of the «owners of aggregators» at the legislative level. </p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В работе анализируются пределы гражданско-правовой ответственности владельцев агрегаторов за действия продавцов (исполнителей), предложения которых размещены на агрегаторе, перед потребителями в РФ и США. Задачами исследования является выявление основных тенденций регулирования деятельности владельцев агрегаторов и подготовка предложений по внесению изменений в российское законодательство с учетом опыта зарубежных правопорядков. Актуальность исследования обусловлена общемировым трендом на расширение пределов ответственности цифровых платформ, что подтверждается как отдельными законодательными инициативами последних лет, так и доктринальными исследованиями и дискуссиями в СМИ. В статье последовательно рассматриваются специальные нормы российского законодательства о защите прав потребителей, регламентирующие правовой статус владельцев агрегаторов. Затем анализируются наиболее значимые судебные споры, рассмотренные судами РФи США, отражающие основные тенденции в сфере разграничения пределов ответственности владельца агрегатора как посредника и непосредственно самого продавца (исполнителя). Помимо этого, автор выявляет и обосновывает основные проблемы применения норм об ответственности владельцев агрегаторов в РФ и США. В частности, применительно к РФ обращается внимание на противоположные судебные решения относительно наличия правового статуса владельца агрегатора у одного и того же юридического лица, а также излишне формальный подход судов, зачастую учитывающих только буквальное содержание соглашений владельца сервиса с пользователями. По результатам исследования сделан вывод о необходимости расширения пределов ответственности владельцев агрегаторов в РФ. По мнению автора, справедливым будет введение субсидиарной ответственности таких субъектов перед потребителями, условия применения которой предлагается определить законом. </p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>владельцы агрегаторов</kwd><kwd>ответственность владельцев агрегаторов</kwd><kwd>защита прав потребителей</kwd><kwd>цифровое право</kwd><kwd>цифровые платформы</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>marketplaces</kwd><kwd>liability of the marketplaces</kwd><kwd>consumer protection</kwd><kwd>digital law</kwd><kwd>digital platforms</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Adamenko, A. P., Piskunova, N. I., &amp; Tselovalnikova, I. U. (2021). 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