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

Jamaica has a clear regime of copyright exceptions that follows the fair dealing model, which enables the lawful use of copyrighted work by others without obtaining permission. Art. 52 of the Copyright Act provides that the fair dealing of literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works for the purposes of research or private study does not infringe copyright in the work or, in the case of a published edition, in the typographical arrangement.

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

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

Under Section 22B(1) and 22B(3) of the Public Procurement Act, the “relevant competition threshold” determines the level of competition required for public procurement methods, and the Minister of Finance and the Public Service may, by order, prescribe the value limits for these thresholds. The Public Procurement (Competition Thresholds) Order, 2025, which revises the thresholds established under the Public Procurement Regulations 2018, provides in Schedule II that international competitive bidding must be used for the procurement of goods and services where the estimated contract value exceeds JMD 90 million (approx. USD 580,000). Therefore, below this threshold, the competition is limited to national bidders.

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

The Consumer Protection Act (Decree No. 24-2008) and its implementing regulation (Agreement No. 084-2021) establish a comprehensive consumer protection framework that also applies to online transactions.

Honduras has signed and ratified the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Honduras has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Honduras has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

According to Section 26(6) and 26(8) of the Regulations for Payment and Transfer Services Using Electronic Money (Agreement No. 01/2024), electronic wallets are subject to quantitative limits. The maximum balance that a user or an affiliated company may hold in an electronic wallet is capped at the amount established by the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH). In addition, the monthly cumulative value of transactions carried out through a user’s or affiliated company’s electronic wallet may not exceed the ceiling set by the BCH Board.
Section 1 of Resolution No. 356-8/2024 specifies these limits. For transactions not related to wages and salaries, the maximum amount per transaction and the maximum wallet balance are each limited to HNL 15,000 (approx. USD 600), while the monthly accumulated value of such transactions may not exceed HNL 30,000 (approx. USD 1,200).

According to Art. 20 of the Regulation on Internet Service or Access to Computer Networks, operators of Internet services or providers of access to computer networks should retain IP addresses for at least 1 year to serve as a source for judicial investigation.

According to Art. 39 of the Special Law on Telephone Interventions in Honduras, telephone service providers must retain connection data for all users for a period of five years. The retained data must include the numbers involved in each communication, the date and time of the call, and its duration. For mobile services, providers are additionally required to store the user’s location at the time of making or receiving a call or sending a text message. This obligation also extends to any other company, institution, or natural or legal person that provides communications services. Non-compliance is subject to sanctions ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 minimum wages and cancellation of the licence, without prejudice to the potential liability of shareholders or legal representatives.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Honduras' law and jurisprudence. Despite the country having committed under Art. 15.11.27 of the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States FTA to implement a safe harbour for intermediaries for copyright-infringing content, no regulation has been put in place that implements this commitment.