Côte d'Ivoire has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Under Art. 16 of Decree No. 214-105, competent administrative or judicial authorities can access secret codes of encrypted data upon request to the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency of Cote d'Ivoire (ARTCI), or order decryption of data through the help of ARTCI.

It is reported that inadequate enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights remains a serious concern in Côte d'Ivoire due to limited resources.

Côte d'Ivoire has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

The Revised Bangui Agreement is a regional intellectual property law that is not only a regional convention applicable in all member states but also serves as a national intellectual property law in Côte d'Ivoire and each of the other member states. The Revised Bangui Agreement contains provisions on copyright in Annex VII: Chapter IV (Limitations to Economic Rights) and establishes a clear regime of copyright exceptions, which enables the lawful use of copyrighted work by others without obtaining permission. In addition, Arts. 24-35 of Law No. 2016-555 also provide for limitations and exceptions to copyright.

Côte d'Ivoire is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Côte d'Ivoire, applicants resident outside the territory of the member States must file through an agent selected in one of those member States (Section III, Art. 8). The professional status of agent accredited to the African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.

Ordinance No. 2012-293 provides for licenses under which a company is allowed to establish, operate networks or provide telecommunications services. Obtaining an individual license is subject to the following conditions: being a legal entity under Ivorian law, having the technical and financial capacity; having an operating plan for the individual license that complies with the criteria established in the specifications; committing to comply with the applicable law, in particular this Ordinance and its implementing provisions, as well as the specifications appended to the license for which it applies (Art. 9). In practice, however, this requirement does not seem to prevent foreign providers from offering their services across borders.

Côte d'Ivoire is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 2020.

It is reported that, the public procurement process is often opaque and government contracts are occasionally awarded outside of public tenders. Some foreign companies appear to secure contracts as a result of longstanding relationships with government officials or aided by partnerships with Ivorian commercial entities that have close connections to the government. During negotiations on a tender, the Ivorian Government at times imposes local content requirements on foreign companies. In other instances, although there are specific regulations governing the use of sole source procurements, the government has awarded sole source bids without tenders, citing the high technical capacity of a firm or a declared emergency. Many firms continue to cite corruption as an obstacle to a transparent understanding of procurement decisions.

Arts. 43.4 and 73 of Ordinance No. 2019-679 provide that any contracting authority must apply a margin of preference of not more than 15% to:
- A bid submitted by a bidder who intends to subcontract at least 30% of the overall value of the contract concerned to a local small and medium-sized enterprise.
- Any bid submitted by a bidding community enterprise, that is an enterprise whose registered office is located in a Member State of the West African Economic and Monetary Union.

Art. 19.4 of Ordinance No. 2019-679 provides that each contracting authority must set aside annually for small and medium-sized enterprises a minimum share of 30% of the estimated value of contracts for works, goods or services.

Côte d'Ivoire is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

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