Liberia has no rules applicable to the protection of trade secrets.

Liberia has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Liberia has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

It is reported that the Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) lacks both technical and financial capacity to address IPR infringements. There is no anti-piracy intellectual property law and there have been complaints from the Musician and Movie Unions about unauthorized individuals using their copyrighted work for economic benefits. The Movie Union also marched in the Street of Monrovia, against piracy.

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

Liberia has a clear regime of exceptions to copyright that follows fair use, which allows for the lawful use of copyrighted works by third parties without the need to obtain permission. The Intellectual Property Act (Section 9.8. Fair Use) contains a provision on fair use of copyrighted works. It further stipulates four factors for determining whether a particular case is fair use: the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is commercial in nature or for educational purposes; the nature of the copyrighted work; the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and the effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the work. Moreover, an identical provision was already included in the Copyright Act of 1997 (Section 2.7), which was repealed by the Liberian Copyright Act of 2016.

The Investment Act of 2010 (Schedule: Limited Restrictions to Foreign Ownership of Enterprises (2)) requires joint venture or partnership between a Liberian and non-Liberian to invest into advertising, graphics and commercial artists with the conditions that the total shareholding of the Liberian is at least 25% and the total capital invested is not less than USD 300,000. Alternatively, foreign investments are allowed without restrictions only if the total investment capital is not less than USD 500,000.

The Investment Act of 2010 (Schedule: Limited Restrictions to Foreign Ownership of Enterprises (2)) requires joint venture or partnership between a Liberian and non-Liberian to invest into advertising, graphics and commercial artists with the conditions that the total shareholding of the Liberian is at least 25% and the total capital invested is not less than USD 300,000. Alternatively, foreign investments are allowed without restrictions only if the total investment capital is not less than USD 500,000.

Liberia is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) nor does it have observer status.

Section 45 of the Amendment and Restatement of the Public Procurement and Concessions Act gives a public procuring entity the authority to grant margin of preference to domestic businesses, solely-Liberian owned businesses and Liberian businesses, based on thresholds promulgated through regulations by the Public Procurement and Concession Commission. The general objective is to give advantage to these businesses in the procurement of works, services, goods etc., against foreign competitors. According to Regulations 21 and 67 of the Regulations Accompanying the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission Act of 2005 as Amended and Restated in 2010, the margin of preference ranges from 2% to 50% for procuring entity and 4% to 25% for concessionaires.

According to Art. 49 of The Public Procurement and Concessions Act, 2005, the Procuring Entity shall employ international competitive bidding procedures when the estimated contract amount exceeds the following value threshold:
- In the case of contracts for the procurement of goods, USD 100,000;
- In the case of contracts for the procurement of services, USD 50,000;
- In the case of contracts for the procurement of works, USD 200,000.
In addition, international competitive bidding may be used whenever open competitive bidding is used and effective competition cannot be obtained unless foreign firms are invited to bid.

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

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

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