Uruguay has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Uruguay has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Uruguay lacks a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them.
In particular, Uruguayan law protects confidential commercial information through a range of instruments, including rules on public information and administrative confidentiality, and it recognises limits on compelled disclosure of commercially sensitive information, such as trade secrets and know-how, in certain regulatory contexts.
Art. 10 of Law No. 18.381 classifies as confidential commercial, industrial, scientific, and technical information whose disclosure could harm a party’s competitive position. Moreover, Art. 14 of Law No. 18.159 provides that requests for information by the competition authority do not create an obligation to disclose trade secrets, know-how, inventions, formulas, or patents.
In addition, the Penal Code, Law No. 9.155 of contains limited provisions on the protection of secrecy. Arts. 300–302 criminalise the fraudulent access to secret public or private documents, the disclosure without just cause of secret documents obtained through fraudulent or otherwise unlawful means, and the disclosure without just cause of secrets known by reason of profession, employment or commission, where harm is caused.

It is reported that passive sharing of infrastructure in the telecom market is not mandated, though it is practised in the mobile sector based on commercial agreements. In contrast, in the fixed sector, passive sharing is neither mandated nor practised.

Pursuant to Art. 1 of Law 14,235, the National Telecommunications Administration of Uruguay (ANTEL) is a decentralised public service, and the company is fully state-owned.

Trinidad and Tobago enacted the Electronic Transactions Act, drawing upon the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Trinidad and Tobago enacted the Electronic Transactions Act, drawing upon the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

The Electronic Transactions Act provides a comprehensive consumer protection framework that also applies to online transactions. Arts. 55-57 of the law establish the minimum information a consumer has to obtain from the provider, which includes the legal name of the provider, means of contact, accurate and accessible information about the good or service, terms and conditions of the payment, a copy of the contract and any details about conditions and policies related to, privacy, withdrawal, termination, return, exchange, cancellation, refunds and electronic authentication. If the above is not provided, the consumer has 30 calendar days to rescind the contract, provided they have not received a material benefit.

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

The Electronic Transactions Act establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries for copyright infringements. According to Art. 50.1 of the Act, an internet intermediary or telecommunications service provider who simply acts as a conduit for the transmission of data messages, records or information in electronic form is not liable for the content thereof, provided that the intermediary or telecommunications service provider is not aware of criminal intent.
Art. 50.4 states that an intermediary or a telecommunications service provider is not liable under the Copyright Act for either:
- The infringement of copyright in any work or other subject matter in which copyright subsists; or
- The unauthorised use of any public performance, the duration of which the copyright period has not expired.

The Electronic Transactions Act establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries beyond copyright infringements. According to Art. 50.1 of the Act, an internet intermediary or telecommunications service provider who acts as a conduit for the transmission of data messages, records or information in electronic form is not liable for the content thereof, provided that the intermediary or telecommunications service provider is not aware of criminal intent.

It is reported that Trinidad and Tobago imposes an identity requirement for SIM registration. Anyone wanting to purchase a SIM card has to provide their national ID card or a passport in the case of foreigners, to activate a new prepaid SIM card.

Companies and importers have reported significant procedural obstacles in Trinidad and Tobago, including customs-clearance delays, bureaucratic inefficiency, occasional inflexibility in the interpretation of import regulations, extensive documentation requirements and the involvement of numerous administrative bodies. In 2024, clearing goods through customs remained the most frequently reported trade problem, with delays sometimes lasting weeks. Relevant information is not always adequately published, and not all authorities involved in import procedures participate in the electronic trade portal. The government’s 2025 National E-Commerce Strategy also identified continuing practical difficulties in importing goods and the need to streamline customs procedures and improve interoperability among trade-facilitation systems.

Section 48 of the Telecommunications Act states that the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) is responsible for establishing technical standards and certifying telecommunications and radio communications equipment. TATT has done this through the “Equipment Standardisation and Certification Framework for the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sectors of Trinidad and Tobago”, published in September 2008. The regulation mandates that telecommunications equipment must be certified by submitting an application to the TATT using the "Equipment Certification Application Form". Within the documents and information to be provided, applicants include the International Standardisation certification (FCC, Industry Canada, DoC). Therefore, Trinidad and Tobago recognises international and third-party certifications, but they are merely supporting documents to the application and do not exempt the supplier of a product from applying locally.
Self-certification is not permitted in Trinidad and Tobago for either local or foreign businesses, as a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) is not, by itself, an acceptable certification of compliance with standards.

Since December 2023, the E-Money Issuer (Amendment) Order, 2023 has established differentiated wallet-balance and monthly transaction limits according to the type of user and transaction. For individuals, both limits are set at TTD 7,000 (approx. USD 1,000) for micro-transactions, TTD 20,000 (approx. USD 3,000) for mid-value transactions, and TTD 40,000 (approx. USD 6,000) for high-value transactions. For businesses, micro-enterprises are subject to a maximum wallet balance and monthly transaction limit of TTD 100,000 (approx. USD 15,000), while the corresponding limit for small and medium-sized enterprises is TTD 200,000 (approx. USD 30,000). Large enterprises and government entities are not subject to generally applicable wallet-balance or monthly transaction limits.