Sweden is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

There is no general principle for the use of copyright-protected material comparable to the fair use/fair dealing principles. Directive 2001/29/EC defines an optional but exhaustive set of limitations from the author´s exclusive rights under the control of the “three-step test” in line with the Berne Convention that establishes three cumulative conditions to the limitations and exceptions of a copyright holder’s rights. The Directive has been transposed by Member States with significant freedom.
The Swedish Act on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works was amended to be consistent with the Directive, but Sweden applies copyright exceptions very narrowly, choosing not to employ the three-step test. The economic rights conferred by the Copyright Act are relaxed in cases of making physical copies for private or educational use or when an author has previously authorised the reproduction of the work in the EEA (the Consumption Principle). However, Section 12 of the Copyright Act explicitly excludes creating digital copies of copyrighted material or making copies of computer programs and software, and a 2016 ruling by the Swedish Supreme Court found that posting photos of public art online was not consistent with Swedish copyright law.

The European Union and Sweden have adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty. The treaty was ratified on 14 December 2009 and came into effect on 14 March 2010.

The European Union and Sweden have adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty. The treaty was ratified on 14 December 2009 and came into effect on 14 March 2010.

Sudan lacks a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that applies to online transactions.

Sudan has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Sudan has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Sudan has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Type approval procedures in Sudan are regulated by the Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority (TPRA). It is reported that the homologation process in Sudan does not require local laboratory testing or contact with local representatives. However, a product sample can be requested from the authority for viewing.

Sudan does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties.

According to Art. 6 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Act 2014, financial and non-financial institutions are required to keep records and data relating to customers and transactions and ensure that these records and information are made available to the competent authorities with reasonable speed. The records must be kept for a period of at least five years after the termination of the business relationship or the execution of the incidental transaction, whichever is longer. The article also stipulates that records and data relating to domestic and international transactions, whether executed or attempted, should be kept for at least five years after the transaction, and such records shall be detailed enough to allow the steps of each transaction to be tracked separately.

According to Art. 25(t) of the Telecommunications and Postal Regulation Law, telecommunications operators shall grant the Telecommunication and Postal Regulation Authority access to their facilities, networks and equipment, and to allow the installation of devices necessary for performance measurement and monitoring. It is reported that, under this framework, telecommunications companies are required to provide customer data to the authorities upon request.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Sudan's law and jurisprudence.