The article examines the specifics of legal regulation of intellectual property rights protection on digital platforms in light of the adoption of Federal Law No. 289-FZ of July 31, 2025 “On Certain Issues of Regulating the Platform Economy in the Russian Federation”. The authors examine the legal nature of digital platforms, defining them as objects of civil rights – information systems, websites on the Internet or computer programs. Particular attention is paid to the status of the owner of the digital platform and its relationship with the concept of an information intermediary, as well as mechanisms for protecting intellectual property rights (including the direction of legally significant messages). © 2025, Russian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.