Digital Rights as an Object of Civil Law

Abstract

Objects of civil rights are one of the most important and fundamental topics for research during civil law. Knowledge of the essence and legal nature of civil law objects is necessary for further implementation of theoretical knowledge in real legal relations between citizens and legal entities. The relevance of the study of digital rights as new objects of civil rights is since the process of digitalization of the economy in the Russian Federation is currently being actively implemented and developed. This circumstance led to the need to introduce new objects into civil circulation – digital rights (assets). This process, of course, entails the optimization of the domestic legal framework, which should regulate the legal aspects in the field of digital rights. Major technical changes encourage States to respond to the challenges of our time. Digitalization forces the legislator to reveal and develop the scope of the legal regime of digital rights. Thus, the emergence and use of blockchain technology has generated a lot of discussions in the legal environment of many countries, including the Russian Federation. Since 2017, numerous meetings and scientific conferences have been held, and special assignments have been sent to study digital reality. This article is devoted to the implementation of digital rights in the civil legislation of the Russian Federation, analyzes various terminology of digital rights, and provides legislative gaps in the field of regulation of digital rights in domestic law.